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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Only clear fact was that John Billy had been drilled by a shotgun at close range and buried in the Everglades 20 miles west of Miami. Shrugging Seminoles there said that he was an evildoer sent to be buried among strangers. In John Billy's home village, investigators finally learned that he had been shot on Musa Isle outside of Miami, that the killer was none other than John Osceola himself...
...Maintain close and cordial relations with Britain, the League of Nations and the Soviet Union...
Revelation No. 4 came directly from the Secret Political Police. They announced they were putting on trial this week 21 Communists, most of whom have held official positions close to Joseph Stalin, big shots of Stalin's own party and inner clique. In equivalent U. S. terms. Defendant Rykov would be Jack Garner; Defendant Grinko-Secretary Morgenthau; Defendant Yagoda-Attorney General Cummings; Defendant Chernov- Secretary Wallace; Defendant Khodjaiev -Governor Lehman; Defendant Rakovsky-Ambassador Bullitt; Defendant Bukharin-Hugh Johnson; Defendant Levin -Dr. Alexis Carrel. "Terrific!" was Walter Duranty's adjective after studying the official charges against the 21. Correspondent...
...Sande-trained Sceneshifter, older brother of Stagehand and a likely choice for this week's Santa Anita Handicap, came close to victory when he placed second to War Admiral in the Belmont Stakes last year...
...lead him into a contradiction. The only excuse for laboriously learning the classics is the thorough nature of the education it gives. Nothing is more contrary to Mr. Lake's desires than a speedy veneer of culture, followed by a purely vocational course. A two-year university degree comes close to being a contradiction of terms. President Lowell is reported as saying that "In sixty years the Lord can make an oak, but the best He can do in six months is a pumpkin...