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Louisiana's sugar planters, smarting un der Henry Wallace's restriction quotas, were reported going over in droves to the G. O. P.-in Louisiana's third (Sugar Bowl) district, a Democratic candidate for Congress withdrew in favor of Republican David W. Pipes Jr. (a Democrat too until 1940). In Florida Willkie clubs popped up over the State, and a onetime Democratic Governor, Gary Augustus Hardee, took up Willkie's banner. And in Texas Peter Molyneaux's Texas Weekly declared: "There are millions of Americans who do not think President Roosevelt is indispensable, who believe...
...respect to an intimation from the French Embassy last year, Warner Brothers withdrew its Devil's Island from circulation. Paramount's Beau Geste, investigating in the African Foreign Legion another aspect of their Empire which Frenchmen do not like to talk about, was barred by Canada from Francophile Quebec. Last week, as Devil's Island reappeared in the U. S., Beau Geste was advertised in Quebec...
...Wallace bled-were hopping mad. Eleanor Roosevelt, who had flown on to address the Convention, failed to calm them in a speech emphasizing the terrible burden of the Presidency in these times. On the floor Henry Wallace had no more than 50 personal votes. But candidate after candidate withdrew. One of them, tall ioo%er Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois, purged himself all the way out of the New Deal with an opening remark of eight significant words: "Had this been a free and open convention...
Though harried by bomb-dropping Italian warplanes, Sir Andrew chased the Italians until he came within sight of Italy's shores. Then, it being R. N. practice not to contend with shore batteries unless absolutely necessary, and because the day was done. Sir Andrew withdrew. Italian units undoubtedly followed him, but were careful not to catch up. In flat contradiction of the Italians' loud claims, Sir Andrew reported: no British casualties. Furiously the Italians flew after the home-ward-bound British, who again separated into three detachments. Loudly the Italians claimed the enemy had been routed, badly battered...
...customers is Aluminum Co.. of America, whose big mill at Alcoa, Tenn., is loaded with orders for aircraft parts. Alcoa, watching TVA's firm-power sales expand, feared it might be elbowed out of the TVA reserve power on which it relies for peak-season production. (TVA withdrew 30,000 kw. from Aluminum Co. on July 1.) Alcoa welcomed TVA's promise of new capacity, but wanted still more. Proposing to build two hydro stations of its own (90,000 kw.) on the Little Tennessee, Alcoa asked the Federal Power Commission whether it claimed jurisdiction over them...