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Undoubtedly the "hit-and-run" accusation was a blunder and has been officially acknowledged as such by the United States. The apology has in addition been accepted by Benito Mussolini and apparently the tumult aroused by the affair has died down in Italian circles. It would therefore seem that a prolongation of the incident would not only be an unnecessary expenditure of effort, but also contribute nothing to the improvement of international relations. Furthermore, the mud-slinging and fireworks usually attending American trials might serve to make the Butler statement even more aggravating abroad. Already Senator Heflin has shouted...
Next day the Telegram priced the figures in their proper arrangement?$58.75 coats at $48.75; $13.74 dresses at $8.84? and humbly claimed blame for the printer's blunder. Also printed was a courtly exchange of flourishes between Publisher Roy Wilson Howard who "instantly offered to pay the difference in price to Macy's," and Macy's who "refused on the ground that it was distinctly unfair to any newspaper to penalize it so heavily...
...blunder when you list Senator Gore as a Wet (TIME, Aug. 25). Senator Gore was nominated in the same election in which the very Dry Oklahoma Constitution was adopted and was twice re-elected as a bone Dry. . . . The Wet wing of the Democratic party of Oklahoma was squelched in the campaign...
...Brooksby, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, son-in-law of the late Chicago drygoods tycoon Marshall Field Sr., commander of the 1st battle cruiser squadron in the Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916), Lord Rector of Edinburgh University (1917), said: "We are about to commit the great appalling blunder of signing away the sea power by which the British Empire came into being and is maintained today. . . . The most enlightened sea officers with whom I talked have condemned the Treaty absolutely as one which will render the navy impotent and incapable of performing the services for which it existed...
...start of the fateful fifth frame, the first four men hit safely, and additional runs were scored on a Harvard error, followed by a timely two-base hit by a Dean batter. A second Crimson blunder in the sixth inning netted the visitors another run. Aside from these disastrous innings, the seconds played a good brand of ball against their opponents, who have a powerful club this year...