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...next month was surprisingly large, but that, of course, was because there were four candidates fighting for the nomination. The Democratic primary vote was small, but that, of course, was because the renomination of Mayor Dickmann was in the bag. The Republicans picked a good man-William Dee Becker, 64, a St. Louis Court of Appeals judge for 24 years-but of course he didn't have a chance...
After dinner the returns began coming in. By 10 p.m. Judge Becker had a strong lead. By 11 the radio men had set up a microphone in a bedroom and were trying to get the Judge to make a statement. By midnight even the Judge admitted that he had won. The final count: Becker, 183,073; Dickmann...
This diplomatic incident was reinterpreted last week by the German in question. Receiving newsmen, he proved to be a middle-sized battler with an adhesive patch on his forehead. He introduced himself as Dr. Karl Becker, 42, metal-type salesman, and admitted protesting to the café management that it was unpleasant to hear an English tune repeated. He said he had asked for a German waltz and that Mr. Earle, unknown to him as the U. S. Minister, had then called him a "dirty Nazi" several times and finally struck him with a bottle. Dr. Becker said...
...Becker claimed that his forehead injury had been certified by a doctor as having been caused by a harder object than a fist, said he had filed insult-&-injury charges against Minister Earle just for the looks of the thing...
This notice, by order of Colonel Joseph W. Becker, was last week posted on all company bulletin boards of the 174th (National Guard) Infantry at Fort Dix, N. J. In Company K it met horrified eyes. Noncoms gave it as their considered opinion that Colonel Becker had outdone even their genial company commander, Captain Kelsey H. Jewett, in babying the privates, announced that, sooner than turn father, mother and big brother, they would rather be privates themselves. Company K seethed with reports that as many as 18 sergeants and corporals had determined to take a stand on this thing. Colonel...