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Disabled, the José Luis Diez crept back to Gibraltar, and was beached in shallow water behind the Mole. That afternoon the British destroyer Vanoc gave Rightist and Leftist dead a sea burial. For the superior Rightist Navy the battle was partial revenge for the sinking a year ago of its battleship España, the torpedoing last winter of its cruiser Baleares...
Possibility that Jersey City election tactics had crept into the balloting on the labor issue last week caused no end of worry to State Labor Board officials, it was learned yesterday...
Once again the Engineers' light shell gave them a half-Ingth advantage at the start, but as both crews began to lengthen out by the quarter-mile the Crimson crept up. A sprint at the half-mile closed up the gap and the Harvard eight kept on for a half-length lead. With both sets of blades working about 32, gradually increasing up to 36 at the finish, the boat stroked by Vince Balley crossed...
...until the last half-minute, Spike Chace's boat kept up a smooth easy stride and finished in 7:09.6. The two or three feet gained by Tech at the opening gun vanished as the Crimson, rowing 37 to M. I. T.'s 40 and Rutgers 38, crept up for a half-length lead which they increased to a length by the three-quarters...
Such leavening agencies as have crept into A. P.'s service during the past ten years have been initiated chiefly by Mr. Cooper. Not without qualms, A. P. directors have approved comic strips, features, Wirephoto and a general broadening and lightening of the old straight news formula. This week, however, the modernizing efforts of Boss Cooper and the A. P. Board of Directors were stopped by a rank & file revolt. Led by smooth, earnest Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher...