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...monkeys. But Spaniards are not great circus fans. By the time the circus reached Manzanares, business was so bad that 30 performers had quit, and all but 18 wagons had been sold to settle debts or buy food. In Manzanares, the manager himself ran out, to be followed soon afterward by the rest of the performers, who went home to Germany. Only Francis Grutzius, the 62-year-old midget, stayed on-to look after three elephants, two lions, seven bears, 14 dogs, a colony of monkeys, two porcupines and one eagle...
...play in the varsity match) at Oxford since 1931,*Jones stood at attention with his teammates while the band played God Save the Queen. Oxford lost the game, 3 to 0, but Outlander Jones acquitted himself well (said the Manchester Guardian: "He gave as good as he got"). Relaxing afterward in a steaming tub, which he shared with a teammate-there were only two showers -Jones was pleased that Oxford, though honorably beaten, had won most of the "tight scrums" (scuffling with the feet for possession of the ball...
Born: June 26, 1908, in Alameda, Calif., the youngest of Joseph R. and Ellie Fife Knowland's three children. Billy's mother died soon afterward. He spent his first seven years in Washington, D.C., where his father was a Republican Congressman who later was defeated for the Senate. The elder Knowland grew wealthy as publisher of the Oakland Tribune...
...committee conduct, but equally important are a whole series of provisions for guarantees to the witness. He should have the power to cross-examine his accusers and to subpoena witnesses in his own behalf. Because accusations receive so much more space in the press than the replies that come afterward, the investigating Congressmen should be prevented from releasing their charges to the press until the witness has a chance to answer them...
...showdown came, but not the way Nye had foreseen. What had looked like promising issues ("No Guns for the Huns") in the spring, turned out to be lost causes in November. In a quiet, closed-door session, the Labor M.P.s agreed overwhelmingly to back the Manila Pact, and afterward Nye did not even bother to appear in the House of Commons when it won easy approval. A few days later the second blow fell: in another private session the Labor M.P.s voted 124 to 72 to support German rearmament. When the Bevanites began their insurrection, they had come within nine...