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Quick Growth. If Ambassador Joe had a motto, it might well be Operando Tutus, Secure by Operating. Joseph Patrick Kennedy's father came over from Ireland, became the mellow-voiced boss of Ward 2 in East Boston. Joe was a newsboy, candy butcher, bus operator, Harvard graduate ('12), bank president, shipbuilder, film magnate and a Wall Street operator who left behind a monumental observation: "Anyone can lose his shirt in Wall Street if he has sufficient capital and inside information." Then he became first chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission, under Franklin Roosevelt, first chairman of the Maritime...
Parry & Thrust. In Parry Sound, Ont, Russian Philip Malar stabbed Austrian Ted Kamanarski with a butcher knife, explained to the police that his offense...
Pirates. Strong in pitching: Rip Sewell (4-F), Max Butcher (4-F). Weak in hitting and catching...
Everywhere is the contrast between hunger and extravagance. Thousands eat nothing but dried beans, carrots or potatoes boiled in water. But those who have the money can get black market meat in every butcher shop; eggs at 25 francs apiece; snowy cakes bootlegged by confiseurs. The Flea Market is now a speakeasy for costly groceries...
...Another ex-CBS man, a peacetime vice president, is Lieut. Commander Harry C. Butcher, General Eisenhower's personal aide...