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Only in the gashouse districts of U. S. cities was a parallel to be found to the wind-up last week of California's campaign for Governor. Against Democratic Nominee Upton Sinclair and his EPIC was massed all the fire and fury of a thoroughly frightened conservative electorate...
...Exchange Regulation bill and handing one of the pens to Ferdinand Pecora, signing a new Corporate Bankruptcy bill, asking Congress for $525,000,000 for drought relief, signing two Federal crime bills, asking Congress to give Haiti left-over equipment of the U. S. Marines there and planning the wind-up of the session with House & Senate leaders, President Roosevelt went cruising down the Potomac last week on the Sequoia. With him went two baskets crammed full of official papers-each paper a problem. The President was tired, mentally and physically. But there could be no rest for him until...
Into old First Baptist Church at Easton, Md. one night last week crowded 600 fervent Baptists for the wind-up of Rev. Dr. C. Thomas Brookshire's ten-day campaign. Evangelist Brookshire retired to put on rubber boots, rubber apron for the baptismal service. His pulpit was moved aside. A section of flooring was taken up to expose a waist-deep tank of water. Evangelist Brookshire stepped in. A-a-a-men! A-a-a-men! cried the congregation. Two girls, 12 and 16, approached. Praying loudly, he helped them down, doused them in the tank. Then followed...
...wind-up of the meet for the famed 100-mi. Thompson Trophy, Designer Z. D. Granville spunkily entered one of his stock model Gee Bee's, but every observer knew the winner was simply a choice of one of the three Wedell-Williams...
...However, a moral can perhaps be drawn from it. Local residents, theatre proprietors, and administration officials might give heed to the ways of other colleges and be thankful that the sons of the Cardinal are relatively restrained in their search for excitement. The annual fresh pajamarino with its inevitable wind-up at the Play show houses appears rather innocuous beside the recurring affrays at Harvard. Stanford Daily...