Word: finale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dewey can make the Hines indictment stick, he will be the biggest Republican in New York. Accepted as final last week were Republican plans to "draft" him for the gubernatorial nomination at the party convention which meets September 28. This plum was originally contingent on Jimmy Hines's conviction but Republicans, convinced that the trial will not be finished before the convention, were reported willing to take the gamble. Result: Democratic leaders tried to persuade either Governor Herbert Lehman or Senator Robert Wagner to abandon his Senatorial campaign, and stand for Governor against Jimmy Hines's prosecutor...
...average person (even the intelligentsia) can fly our ship. . . . A development that should go down in history as the greatest aviation contribution since the advent of the Wright Brothers." But Frank Hawks will not get his year's subscription: he had taken his last flight, suffered his final crash...
...years when the Davis Cup is held by the U. S., the coffers of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association swell some $50,000 from gate receipts of the Interzone Final and Challenge Round, always played in the country defending the Cup. This year the tennis association got out an extra coffer when Helen Wills Moody decided to try for a comeback in international tennis. A meeting between Helen Moody and Helen Jacobs in the U. S. championship would add at least $25,000 to the till. Thus the U. S. L. T. A. was very glad...
...Debating Council holds try-outs for regularly scheduled Yardling word-battles with other colleges. In the field of dramatics, the Dramatic Club recently had a stormy year, including a number of mix-ups with women's colleges, with whom they were trying to put on shows. The final blow was when the Hygiene Building began to take over the Dramatic Club's home, known as "Big Tree," in the building. Thus there is never a dull moment for the actors...
...three weeks ago with three of this season's foreign tennis crowns (Australian, French, English) on his carroty head, he turned his thoughts to defense of the Davis Cup, scheduled for Labor Day weekend at Germantown, Pa. "If Australia beats Germany in the interzone final, I figure Adrian Quist and John Bromwich might be good for one victory apiece in the challenge round against us," said...