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...recalled his first trip to Warm Springs in the autumn of 1924. As there were no doctors in attendance at the obscure Georgia resort in those days, he had to figure out his own aquatic exercises. Gradually the word began to pass around, and there was great excitement when one day two paralytics were carried off the train. Mr. Roosevelt reported that he "undertook to become doctor and physiotherapist...
Walsh's dynamic personality was one of the outstanding features of the Harvard coaching corps this past autumn. He developed a strong rush line from material that, at the start of the season was acknowledged to be green and unseasoned. His work and proved ability, coupled with the desires of the men who played under him to a trial of at least a year. If the experiment is not a success, it will then be time for Harvard to weigh the advantages of a clean sweep at Soldiers Field...
...Indians-nearly thrice the population of the U.S.-His Majesty's Government served notice last week that the bill which is to be based on the Linlithgow Report will be debated by the Lords and Commons for the rest of the winter, spring, summer and possibly autumn...
Professor Raymond Moley returned this autumn from a two-hour conversation with General Plutarco Elias Calles, Chief of the National Revolution and "Mussolini of Mexico." In Today, considered President Roosevelt's mouthpiece by Mexicans, Professor Moley wrote: "It may be taken for granted that Calles will dominate affairs for years to come. . . . After generations of misrule, exploitation and revolution, the federation of 28 Mexican states is on the way toward recovery...
World's most persistent aviator is a Kansas City optical goods manufacturer named John David Brock. He learned to fly in 1922, has owned a plane ever since. In the autumn of 1929 he observed in his logbook that he had missed only eleven days' flying that year. For fun, he decided to try flying every day. In rain, shine, snow and fog, he went up daily for a 15-minute spin. Even when sub-zero weather grounded the airmail Dr. Brock took off. In dead of winter snowplows cleared runways for him. When he came down...