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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard Liberal Club has shown signs this year that it is an active and a constructive organization. The membership has been increased, and their work has extended over a far broader scope than one would ordinarily expect of such an organization. Capping their creditable advance, they have decided to publish a magazine, not only containing the results of several investigations now under way, but articles by students in Harvard and other universities over the nation. With the backing of an able and coherent group, there is no question that The Harvard Liberal will fill a valuable place in the field...
...confess that I did not expect that the new British tariff system would work but I am bound to admit that it is producing remarkable results. . . . Three years ago Great Britain had dropped to third place in the list of exporting countries, but today she again stands first...
After throwing the Courier-Journal's close-mouthed Acting Editor Vance Armentrout into jail for an hour, a special House Committee tried him last week for contempt, fined him $25 and costs. Said Editor Armentrout: "I am not guilty of contempt and I expect to find my vindication in the courts. . . . The Attorney General will have to sue me which will give me an opportunity for justice. This action was a 'face'-saving maneuver for the first committee which threw me in jail without a trial . . . and utterly without authority...
...equipment. "I am told," he said, "that our equipment is no good. Others tell me it is the finest in the world." The General flew first to Long Island's Mitchel Field. There he quoted Air Corps mortality statistics to back up his contention that military flyers expect one of their fellows to be killed nearly every week. In fiscal 1932 there were 50 fatali ties; in fiscal 1933, 46. Last month's Army crashes increased the current year's total to only 39. From Mitchel Field, piloting his own observation plane, the General proceeded to Newark...
With a cast including Jimmy Durante, Marjorie Rambeau, Lupe Velez and Mary Carlisle, one would expect "Palooka" to be a good picture, unfortunately, these experienced players are incapable of dragging it above the drippy level to which one of the most stupid stories on record reduces it. Just why on earth such an array of talent must be so thoroughly wasted certainly passes understanding...