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...beautiful stage setup. The Brown Derby has gone over the hill in defeat and, with it, the influence of a "New" Tammany in New York Democratic politics. No longer are there fatherly scoldings from Albany, stern advice to "cut the nonsense and get to work." Mayor Walker, in full command, has placed his own man, John Francis Curry, at the head of Tammany Hall (TIME, May 6). Only one issue has really stirred the sluggish depths of New York's electorate-the price it must pay for a subway ride. Mayor Walker won that issue when...
...rice wine until blissfully intoxicated. At the execution grounds, he kneels down, head thrust forward. Under the old regime it was the executioner's duty to take a two-handed, heavy-bladed sword, and from a comfortable stance remove the prisoner's head with one well-timed full swing. In the new order of things, prisoners' brains will be blown out by pressing a revolver barrel firmly against the back of the skull and pulling the trigger...
...regions where the day was more advanced-it crossed the Equator, swung eastward, ended at sunset in the Pacific Ocean between Guam and New Guinea. Although a partial phase of the eclipse was visible in parts of Africa, southern Asia and a large part of Oceania, totality (where the full shadow of the moon fell upon the earth's surface) was over the ocean except on the northern tip of Sumatra, a segment of the Malay Peninsula, the southern tip of Siam and a few Philippine Islands. At the centre of the track the maximum duration of the eclipse...
General Realty. Concerning an unspecified number of shares in General Realty, Mr. Broun claimed that he is "wholly in the dark," having purchased common stock on a tip from a friend whose advice was based on the preferred. Mr. Broun was, therefore, unaware that the full name of his company is General Realty & Utilities Corp., that it is a holding company for real estate and for public utility stocks. Thus far (it was incorporated in January, 1929), General Realty has functioned chiefly in the realty field, holds 100,000 shares of Thompson-Starrett Co., and has as yet engaged...
...Henley and the mile and three quarters courses. The University 150-pound crew and the 1932 lightweights are scheduled to race at 5.30 and 4.30 o'clock respectively over the shorter distance, while the Blue and Crimson Sophomore class crews meet at 5 o'clock to row the full Basin distance...