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...seems that out in California they're all axing each other about a tough situation. Nineteen months ago, proud Stanfordites, the "21," took illegal possession of a traditional axe which was the rightful property of California, and by safely vaulting away, got the trophy into a bank. There, ever since, it has remained, while Stanford wonders what can be done about the matter...
...wish you would inform me of the outcome of his trial. . . . JOHN M. WHEATON Port Arthur, Tex. While the Sundance was discharging cargo at Ghent, Mate Adams dragged mutinous Seaman Myak Wooker, 6-ft.-6-in. Esthonian, from beneath a bunk. Seaman Wooker seized a fire axe. Mate Adams shot him dead. Belgian authorities cleared Mate Adams. Last month, charged. with murder on the high seas, Mate Adams was freed by a Manhattan grand jury...
...story of MI-2, which served as the intelligence office for the War, Navy, Justice, and State Departments during the war, and as the American Cryptographic Bureau hidden in New York after the war, written with an axe to grind. For the operations of the "American Black Chamber" were brought to a close in March, 1929 by Secretary Stimson, "the first diplomatist who, though well aware that all great powers have their Black Chambers, had the courage, or was it naivete?--to announce that diplomatic correspondence must be inviolate." The dedication page mentions "our skilful antagonists, the foreign cryptographers...
Three weeks ago when the U. S. freighter Sundance docked at Ghent, Seaman Myak Wooker, 6 ft. 6 in. Esthonian, defied Chief Mate Leonard C. Adams, refused to work unloading cargo. He hid under his bunk. Mate Adams dragged him out. They fought. Wooker seized a fire axe. Mr. Adams drew his revolver, fired twice at close range, killed the sailor. Belgian authorities cleared Mr. Adams but when the Sundance reached Rotterdam he was relieved of his post after the skipper received a petition...
...Watson is the firm's authority on libel. He defended Henry Ford against Aaron Sapiro, Associated with him in that case was Senator Reed, and last week hard-hitting Lawyer Reed was again called in. White-crested, choleric of complexion, a cigar clamped in the corner of his axe-mark mouth, he will glory in fighting once more "for the People." For whatever the merits of the two sides may be, with Lawyer Reed's party's reputation at slake locally (Governor Woodring is a Democrat in Republican Kansas) and with presidential nominations nearing, the $12,000,000 damage suits...