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...little town of Scio (pop. 1,400) shook with excitement. As everyone knew, it was because of Lou Reese. Fourteen years ago, Lou Reese and seven other penniless persons on home relief had come to town to make a home in the old abandoned pottery building. Then they went to work. Lou did wonders with that pottery plant, built it up into a business which made $3½ million last year. Last week he decided it was time for a Christmas present...
Later still, in 1945, Zacharias was again recalled, this time to prepare and deliver a series of radio talks in Japanese. Fourteen of these talks were beamed to Tokyo between May and August. They reached influential Japanese up to and including the Emperor, says their author, and were more instrumental than the atomic bomb itself in bringing Japan "emotionally and spiritually" to its knees. Yet Admiral Nimitz, among others, had been "persistently advised" against such psychological warfare...
...order to get an accurate picture of his material, Coach Jaakko Mikkola has entered a record 97 tracksters in the fourteen event meet. Since there is no separate Freshman meet, the Varsity and Yardling runners will run against each other as well as Tufts, adding considerably to the numbers in each beat...
Nearer and nearer draws the day when a Republican Congress, its gun loaded for big game, will have its first chance in fourteen years to deal with the nation's problems in its own sweet way. Its first target is likely to be organized labor and the U.M.W. in particular. Even in the unlikely possibility that the coal strike is expeditiously settled, there will be the desire to prevent its repetion...
...Varsity, whose official schedule does not begin until January 25 and may not get started until the Millrose games on February 1, will first field a full fourteen-event squad on December 14 in a practice meet at Tufts. A mile and two mile relay with the Rhode Island Rams, and a triangular meet with Tufts and Northeastern in January will fill out the schedule of practice meets...