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Last week the House of Representatives threw its lawmaking machinery into reverse to sweep the books clean of obsolete statutes. After five minutes debate it passed a bill repealing 1,006 old sections of the Revised Statutes and sent the measure to the Senate. The legal effect of such legislation was to fit the Revised Statutes precisely to the Code, thereby, for all practical purposes, making the Code the law of the land. The omnibus repealer provided that the elimination of these 1,006 old statutes was not to be interpreted that they were really the law when wiped...
...trying to pluck off one of Londos's toes. For 21 min. 42 sec. the two groveled, grunted, snorted, glowered, slapped, twisted and oozed. Once De Vito bowled over Londos with a butt in the stomach. Finally Londos whirled De Vito around his head in an "airplane spin," threw him down with a loud thud, sat on top of his chest until old fat Ernest Roeber, who used to be a professional wrestler and now referees many of Londos's championship bouts, patted his back for winning...
What directly threw Middle West into receivership was $4,000,000 unsecured notes in the hands of the public, the first $10,000,000 of which would fall due June 1. Besides this obligation, Middle West owed the banks $30,000,000. If bankers forced the receivership, it was New York bankers, not Chicagoans. Although the Chicago banks may have Mr. Insull's personal fate in their hands because of the receivership of the Insull trusts investment, it is strong New York banks which are owed most money by Middle West...
...come of Pennsylvania Dutch stock and their frugality is legend in Indiana. The Teetor offices are in an old-fashioned frame house on the same block as the factory. Once a representative of a Manhattan investment house went to interview them and broke his pencil while taking notes. He threw it into a wastepaper basket whereupon a Teetor dived for it, remarking, "We can use this around here...
...slight wildness, Sprague, pitching his first game of the year, held the opposing batters to six hits, all of which were for one base. He received able support from his teammates. Two errors were chalked up against Harvard, both made by Gleason who was caught napping when Sprague threw to him in attempts to catch runners...