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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...light elements into heavier ones. Dr. Fritz Zwicky of Caltech believes that cosmic rays may be the products of individual stellar explosions which occur all the time in some region or other of the universe. Hannes Alfven of Sweden's Upsala University holds that the rays are free-moving particles in space accelerated to cosmic ray energies by the magnetic fields of spinning double stars - somewhat as the man-made machine called the cyclotron speeds up atom-smashing particles to high velocities by means of repeated electrical pushes...
...twice was, in pre-Wimbledon warmup tournaments. Her opponent in the semi-finals was Hilda Sperling, the same Hilda Sperling who had trounced her two weeks before in the London championships. But when the semi-finals were over, and Mrs. Moody had downed Frau Sperling after a grueling free-for-all (12-10, 6-4), the galleries knew at last that Mrs. Moody was once more at the top of her game...
...seek the cooperation of the Legion "and other service organizations having constructive educational programs." But Dr. Gellermann's thesis had not been entirely squelched. Said the arch-conservative New York Herald Tribune: "Has the Legion ever distinguished itself by any intelligent or sustained stand for civil liberties, free speech or the rights of the individual? We doubt it. Not a pressure group? Why, it has been, on occasion, one of the most arrogant and powerful and vindictive of all the pressure groups. . . . If Doctor Professor Legionnaire Gellermann's tirade should lead to a realistic re-examination...
...level at the bottom. . . . [On freedom] : When the clock of civilization can be turned back by burning libraries, by exiling scientists, artists, musicians, writers and teachers, by dispersing universities and by censoring news and literature and art, an added burden is placed upon those countries where the torch of free thought and free learning still burns bright. If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter...
...Alcatraz lifers planned to have Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes kidnapped and held until President Roosevelt ordered their release from prison. The plan failed, said Convict Gardner, because Prisoner Al Capone had refused to put up $10,000 pay for the kidnapper. Snorted Capone: "President Roosevelt wouldn't free anybody if his whole family was snatched...