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...young as I was," sighed the Mayor of New York City last fortnight. It was four o'clock in the afternoon and he had just reached his office for a day's work. "However, I am glad to be of service." Mayor Walker had been celebrating his 47th birthday, beginning with a banquet the previous midnight, tendered by the Friars Club of New York, music by Paul Whiteman...
...noisy shadow of the Ninth Avenue L, at 47th street, Manhattan, there is a tiny grocery store bristling with progress. First glance reveals no striking difference from myriad other stores; glance two does. A placard reads: "Nothing in this store over 5 & 10 cents." There are other wall slogans: "Ordinarily we dislike seeing folks get in a Pickle but let us help you. There is no gamble about our Diced carrots." A lone cashier, for a dime, will dispense eggs by threes, bacon in strips of six, butter in quarters of a pound, anchovy paste, or vegetal buds...
Officially the 47th session of the Council of the League of Nations was going forward at the League Secretariat; but smart correspondents watched closest the pageant of statesmen at Br'er Briand's inn. Countries...
When play ended on the first night of the 34th game, Alekhine had an advantage of one pawn; a blocked pawn on the queen's rook file. Play began the next night with the 41st move. On the 47th, both queens fell, leaving Alekhine with a rook, four pawns and the king. Capablanca refused to take the odd pawn at the price of exchanging rooks; Alekhine sent his king to destroy the Cuban's pawns and on the 82nd move, play stopped for the evening. The next night Capablanca did not, in the face of sure defeat, resume it. After...
...trade unionism, comprising more than 3,000,000 citizens sent its delegates to Los Angeles, Calif., for the 47th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. First the delegates held departmental meetings-bricklayers to discuss bricklaying, machinists to talk machinery, etc. Then the Executive Council published its annual report, making the following points...