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...Wolverines, undefeated and having only one tie to mar their record, and leading the Western Conference race along with Northwestern come riding on the crest of a wave. A stirring 14 to 12 victory over the Crimson last year gives them confidence and smashing triumphs over Purdue, Ohio State, and Illinois this year have shown that they possess tremendous power...
Gules three stags caboched or, Crest: at the top of a tower argent, an arm and hand vested gules, cuffed argent, holding a tilting spear sable, pointing dexter." To decipher 'one might explain that "gules" means red, "vested" designates wearing, "sable" black, "caboched" showing the full face but nothing of the neck, and "dexter" right...
...Boston Mrs. Doran and Mr. Cooke met Edward F. Cloran, ingenuous art dealer of No. 137 Stuart Street. They told him of a complete service of 232 pieces of Lowestoft china painted with the crest of New York State, which had been in the Van Rensselaer family for generations and which a poor relation was forced to sell-"privately, of course." Despite the fact that services of armorial Lowestoft of that size are as rare as fragments of the True Cross, Dealer Cloran believed. He in turn interested Clinton I. Nash, Boston dealer, who bought the service for the price...
...stocks sales on the New York Exchange as it tried to deal with short wheat sales on the Chicago Board of Trade (TIME, Sept 29 & Oct. 6).*The steady decline of the stockmarket during the past month deeply perplexed and dismayed Republican leaders, long accustomed to campaigning on the crest of a bull market. They had seen President Coolidge boom stock prices with White House statements. They had seen President Hoover's more subtle attempts to do the same thing fail. Nothing the Government did or said seemed able to brake the downward slide of values...
When Camp Six is finally dug into the ice about 1,000 feet below the crest, the leaders will ready themselves. Forcing as much light nourishment as they can, they will make their dash to the treacherous top. As they climb, a few feet at a time, they will be sure that their tandem ropes are tight, that their footing is sure. They are all aware that Kanchenjunga has taken five lives, is willing to take as many more...