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...French-bred horse won England's classic St. Leger. The winner, by a length, was Marcel Boussac's tall, long-striding chestnut colt, Scratch II. For the British, who have an aversion to invasions, the result was doubly dour since another French horse finished second. For dapper Owner Boussac ("I am delighted, delighted") and Jockey Rae Johnstone, it was the third time this year they had taken the British into camp; they had won the Derby with Galcador and the Oaks with Asmena...
...charged last week with working with Field included dark, sneering Leo Bauer, boss of Radio Berlin; former SED Executive Committee Member Paul Merker, who spent the war years in Mexico; Lex Ende, onetime editor of Neues Deutschland, official party organ; Railways Boss Willy Kriekemeyer, and dapper little Bruno Goldhammer, Eisler's own second-in-command at the propaganda bureau. Though still at liberty and at his job last week, Gerhart Eisler, who was kicked off the Central Committee two months ago, was reported to be high on the list of those soon to be purged...
Going into the last nine holes of the "All-American" round, Locke seemed hopelessly out of the running. His outgoing 36 had been right on par, but dapper Lloyd Mangrum was already sitting comfortably in the clubhouse with a trim 282 for the 72 holes. To tie, Bobby needed an incoming 31, i.e., five birdies in the last nine holes. He did it. His rusty old putter herded in putts of 10, 32, 12, 30, and 22 feet, for a five-under...
...Between lectures at the University of Chicago Small Businessmen's Seminar, Lemuel R. (for Robert) Crockett slipped into the corridor for a smoke. Thin, dapper Lem Crockett was in caskets-V.P. and general manager of the Evansville (Ind.) Casket Co., Inc. Like most U.S. businessmen and manufacturers, he was worried about Government controls...
Syngman Rhee, President of the Republic of Korea, has been working for Korean freedom ever since 1894. His single-minded struggle has led the dapper, 75-year-old Rhee into conflict with Korean kings, Japanese tyrants and Soviet agents. Years of imprisonment (1897-1904) in an unheated jail left him with the habit of blowing on his fingers when he is excited. Thirty-three years of exile (1912 to 1945), during which he vainly tried to interest the great powers in Korean independence, have long since given him the nagging tone of a neglected conscience...