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...problem of the possible moral turpitude of Senator William Langer of North Dakota has been before the Senate, in some form, since January...
Abbott T. Fenn of Concord and Winthrop House was elected permanent class secretary yesterday when approximately 400 Seniors went to the polls to cast votes for 14 class officers. Richard G. Pfister of Edgemont, South Dakota and Winthrop House, and George W. Heiden of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Winthrop House, were top men in the voting for Class Day Committee and Permanent Class Committee...
...Bill Batt announced that U.S. manganese output for 1943 will be stepped up 1,400% over 1940 (to 600,000 tons a year) by developing high-cost mines in Minnesota, South Dakota and Nevada. The Government will absorb the excess price, sell the metal to fabricators at what imported concentrate would cost them...
...last week was smiling, 220-lb. Paul Parker, who runs the trim, modern Fine Art Center Museum in the small (pop. 37,000) Rocky Mountain resort of Colorado Springs. Priceless masterpieces from famous museums all over the U.S. were arriving at his back door by the truckload. Spouting South Dakota cuss words at a crew of workmen, Director Parker carefully unloaded the valuable arrivals, stored them away in a basement maze of gigantic vertical steel racks. By last week the number of arrivals, including top-flight Cézannes, Daumiers, Goyas and Van Dycks, had reached 59, topped an aggregate...
...engagement was a rugged South Dakota farm boy called "Duke." He had bagged five Japs. Said he: "The first formation of bombers was close up when we attacked. I am pretty sure I got two of them. I gave them bursts at from 200 to 50 yards and saw them both go down. . . . Afterward I saw three bombers cut loose to one side, so I went after them and I know I got two. I was alone and both went down in flames. Later on I got one fighter. When I landed I was fresh...