Word: finally
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eminently it had been John L. Lewis' year. Starting with the suspension of the ten C. I. O. unions by A. F. of L., the final break with William Green, the historic events of the labor year revolved largely about the powerful, leonine figure of the boss of C. I. O. The rise of the Sit-Down, the storming of the automobile industry, the peaceful capitulation of U. S. Steel Corp., the disastrous strike in "Little Steel" were strictly C. I. O. affairs...
...final collapse of the Basque defense liberated some 50,000 Rightist troops for use on other fronts-and none too soon, for the Leftists immediately loosed a savage but apparently unsuccessful drive on Saragossa, the Rightist advance base on the Aragon front. 200 miles to the southeast. The Basque collapse also all but completely nipped off that little Leftist island on the north coast which has so long blemished the otherwise total dominance of the northern and western half of Spain by the Rightist forces. This territory last week was populated by 14,000,000 of Spain...
...ball as unmanageable as an eel, dropped out with an 85 But another oldtimer. Charles ("Chick") Evans, who held the title in 1916 and 1920, ran off a neat 74 on the mushy course in the first round of his 28th national championship. It was Evans' quarter-final match (against the defending champion, young Johnny Fischer) however, which stirred sentimentalists like Grantland Rice most profoundly. The match was delayed when a careless caddy taking a practice swing struck Mrs. Evansin the mouth with his club felled her loosened several teeth. After the start, Evans found his iron shots undependable...
...this Farr's face was badly marked. In the seventh round Louis landed a halt-dozen punishing blows in as many seconds, but the flurry passed. In the 15th and last round, Louis, having tried everything else, tried a right uppercut to the body. It missed. The final gong rang...
...Baron Gottfried von Cramm & Henner Henkel, playing their first tennis tournament on U. S. soil: the U. S. doubles championship, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4, defeating Defending Champions Donald Budge & Gene Mako, who had beaten them in two previous encounters during the current season (Wimbledon semi-finals and Davis Cup interzone final); at the Longwood Cricket Club, near Boston...