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Within the tiers which stretched away into darkness there was sudden scurry, footsteps and the flare of a match. A great figure huddled in a great coat escaped into the shadow. Another match flared, a shaded flashlight swept the long aisles, and in the half-light a face distorted with fear of discovery shot out of the darkness like some hideous appartion in a nightmare. Suddenly there was a dead silence, and then a muttered "ah." Back in the musty corridors there was a swishing sound and slowly a black object appeared. The figure walked back and forth dragging heavy...
Very courteous were the Senators to their guests. Very affable Mr. Morgan, wholly unlike his dictatorial father who gave blunt answers to the Pujo Committee 20 years ago. Very earnest-every inch the prosecutor-was Mr. Pecora. Very courtly Morgan's learned counsel. Mr. Davis. Only flare-ups of anger were between testy Senator Glass and Mr. Pecora over the course which the inquiry was taking. Mr. Glass, long a severe critic of our bankers, grew impatient with the mass of curiosity-questions not pertinent to the banking questions. Senator most critical of Morgan was Mr. Couzens...
Other communicable diseases have shown decreases or insignificant increases. Nonetheless, health officials last week feared no measles epidemic. They consider the disease purely local. It may flare up in one neighborhood, not touch another. For example, California last week showed a 93% measles increase over the same week last year; New York increased 86%, New Jersey 435%. Other States showed correspondingly great decreases: Oregon 66%, Pennsylvania 17%, Ohio...
...Also it has been our experience that the man who receives at least one honor grade during the regular college year or who is only slightly deficient in his first year of college has a better chance of success than one who has not shown anywhere the flare of ability. Therefore in readmitting Freshmen for 1932-33 a more careful scrutiny of previous records of applicants has been made. Also in severing the connection of certain Freshmen last June the Board definitely discouraged those with the lowest records from seeking readmission and advised them to turn to something else than...
Special Message. The French default produced in Congress a brief flare-up of reprisal talk?$5,000 passport fees, bans on French securities. President Hoover, more calm, waited four days to see if France would change from nonpayment to delayed payment. When she did not he sent a special message to Congress, reviewing the debt situation and outlining a general plan of action he was prepared to initiate, regardless of legislative authority. He would promptly link debts, disarmament and world economics, granting no reductions on the first without compensating advantages to the U. S. on the other two. Because such...