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Matthew Woll. vice president of the American Federation of Labor, had to call off a strike in a Long Island bronze foundry last week so that a statue of Samuel Gompers could arrive in time to be dedicated by President Roosevelt and the A. F. of L.'s 53rd annual convention...
Accompanied by his wife and Cinemactress Marie Dressier, who was spending the weekend at the White House, the President reached the speakers' platform below which sat delegates to the A. F. of L.'s 53rd convention (see p. 11). He began by recalling that "In the year 1911 -only 22 years ago-Samuel Gompers, Robert F. Wagner, Alfred E. Smith and I were labeled as radicals when we fought for and finally succeeded in passing a bill through the New York State Legislature limiting the work of women in industry to 54 hours a week...
Oldest school football rivalry in the U. S. is Andover v. Exeter. It has been going on so long that no one knows just when it started. Exeter thought that last week's game was the 52nd; Andover claimed it was the 53rd. Exeter, heavily favored on its record which included a 73 to 0 drubbing for the Tufts Freshmen, won more easily than the score showed, 6 to 0 on a touchdown by its able kicking fullback, Thomas Bilodeau...
...table which deals the cards through four slots, one at each side. The electric table does not shuffle the cards but two revolving arms inside are so controlled that they deal 52 different ways. If the pack were always arranged the same way when put into the table, the 53rd hand would duplicate the first. Since this never happens, the table's method of dealing is equivalent to a thorough shuffle. Observers noticed a defect to be corrected in later models: after the table had dealt, it was impossible to tell, unless someone remembered, whose deal it was next...
Veiled Prophet In St. Louis crowds stamped their feet to keep warm waiting for the 53rd appearance of the Veiled Prophet. Thoughtfully he emerged 15 min. ahead of time from the fastness of "Khorassan.'' a dingy car barn on Ranken Avenue. With him came forth 19 floats depicting scenes from the life of Washington, towed by caparisoned horses along the street car tracks...