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...week however, it looked as though Humble? would have its way. At Austin the Legislature adjourned without acting on any of the bills introduced by Humble's opponents, leaving the matter up to the State Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil industry. In Washington Secretary of Agriculture Wallace withdrew his support from the fishing interests, saying he was convinced Humble would leave Texas waters fit for fish...
...egotistical potter who briefly became an Emperor, is a dead ringer for Hitler. "To be an Emperor and a Leader meant nothing more to him than demonstrations, great public shows, parades, new buildings, brilliant festivals, power, glamour and above all speeches. When confronted with political and economic problems he withdrew with a dignified shake of the head into his divine majesty, convinced that if serious difficulties arose his inner voice would at once show him the right way." And to those who think Germans are happy, Author Feuchtwanger has this to say: "A stranger visiting Samosata or Edessa would never...
...scheme worked smoothly. Rumors of Nero's reappearance spread just like hornets, stung awake the disaffection already smoldering under Cejonius' inept rule. Varro, who had craftily let some bordering native princes in on his secret, withdrew from Cejonius' jurisdiction and watched the Roman frontier go up in flames. A few hints to Protege Terence had been enough to set him practicing Nero's every remembered gesture. Soon he was fit to be seen by everybody but his wife, who thought he had gone crazy. For a while everything went so well that Varro began to think...
...fare as well as moral principles was rich Harvard, which announced that "if any senior member of the faculty happens to be in Germany about June 30 he will be designated as the Harvard delegate." The University of Pennsylvania, which had earlier accepted Gottingen's invitation, last week withdrew its acceptance when its representative changed his summer plans...
...Admiral. Jerome H. Louchheirn's Pompoon (clockwise from upper left on TIME'S front cover). Last week the group suddenly dispersed. At Lexington, Ky. in the Blue Grass Stakes, when Brooklyn finished third, behind his stablemate Billionaire and Fencing (trained by Earl Sande), his owner withdrew him from the Derby.' At Jamaica, L. I., Pompoon finished a miserable fifth in the Wood Memorial, causing his odds to jump to 10-to-1. Meanwhile at Louisville, Reaping Reward encouraged his admirers by working 1¼miles in the worthy time of 1:55, and War Admiral arrived from...