Word: crumb
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present excitement in Britain over Sir William Beveridge's monumental report on social security. When the war began, Laborites were admitted to a Coalition Cabinet on condition that they refrain from raising "controversial" issues until after the war. Sir William, to put it mildly, has scattered many a cracker-crumb into the couch of Britain's political bedfellows. His ideas have won such widespread support that the Labor Party has decided to fight here and now for Parliamentary enactment of the new proposals...
Returning to post-war Germany, he was persuaded by Grand Admiral (then Captain) Erich Raeder to stick with the Navy-the crumb of a fleet left the Reich by the Versailles Treaty. He finally cast his lot with the Nazi Party solely because of his conviction that the upstart Brown Shirts would break down Versailles restrictions against recreation of his fleet. He gained powerful supporters in the German Inner Circle: Admiral Otto Schniewind, former director of naval education, now Chief of Staff of the German Navy High Command, is his close friend. The Luftwaffe's Hermann Göring...
Captain Sonny Lyell, in the fourth singles spot, completely outclassed his opponent in the most one-sided match of the day, crushing Felder 6-0, 6-0. In the next two singles matches, Russ Ellis beat Schwartz 6-4, 6-0, while Howie Exell was conquering Crumb...
Harvard won all three doubles encounters. Lyoll and Peabody defeated Leodas and Ehrichs 6-4, 6-1; Wilson and Ellis defeated Persinger and Babcock 6-2, 6-2; and Clarke and Symon won over Crumb and Swartz...
Little is known about the visitors except that they dropped their first two encounters of the season to Navy and St. John's. Lining up for them will be John Ehrichs, Costs Leodas, Lou Persinger, Ken Felder, Gene Schwartz, Curl Crumb, Courtland Babcock and Neal Fine...