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Followers of the game were astonished. Mr. Pell had held the championship since 1915 with the exception of 1916, 1923 and 1926 when it was won by Stanley G. Mortimer. Mr. Sheldon had to despatch Mr. Mortimer before meeting Mr. Pell, which made his success doubly convincing...
Thus reported last week a special correspondent of the London Daily News (Liberal) specifically detailed to investigate Signer Benito Mussolini's drive for "Better Begetting" (TIME, Jan. 7). Writing from Como, Italy, just before crossing over into France to file his despatch, the correspondent continued...
That was all. But the Quai d'Orsay had in its despatch files Mr. Kellogg's consent to do as France wished in regard to Morocco. It was not literally an acknowledgment. But if France chooses to be subtle, as France usually chooses, the U. S. "open door" policy, for North Africa at least, is as good as dropped into the Seine...
Last week, friends and admirers of Lawyer Longley read with amazement the following newsflash from Detroit: "The legal department of the Ford Motor Company has been abolished and its entire personnel dismissed as of next pay day." Pressed for explanations, Lawyer Longley grinned. He knew, of course, that the despatch had stated only a half-truth. It was true that the Ford company had abolished its legal department. But Lawyer Longley, as a member of the Detroit firm of Longley & Middleton, remains chief Ford counsel, and with him will be most or all the dozen lawyers who sensationally "lost" their...
...next day appeared Paul Mallon's despatch, naming by name the 54 Senators who voted for Mr. West and the little band of only 27 who voted against. The Senate was scandalized. Vice President elect Curtis, Senate housekeeper that he is, investigated all the servants (clerks, etc.) and pronounced that none of them had given away the secret. Only one alter native: some Senator had "snitched...