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Three Annie Lees. The Democratic Senators managed to draw from Mrs. Moss the suggestion that her own identification as a Communist might be the result of the same sort of mixup. She testified that there were three Annie Lee Mosses living in the District of Columbia. But in the furor, no one questioned her on a pertinent point: the address she gave in getting Government employment was the same as that of an Annie Lee Moss known to FBI Undercover Woman Mary Markward as a Communist...
...furor never let up. If it had not been for the Bread and Butter Rebellion in 1805 and the Cabbage Rebellion in 1807, the administration of Samuel Webber might have been forgotten. But it was during the Great Rebellion of 1818 that a whole class was expelled. It was at this time that "The Rebelliad" was written...
After last month's furor about whether surplus butter should be sold to Russia (TIME, Jan. 25), official Washington realizes that bargain butter will have to be passed to U.S. housewives first. Nonetheless, the Administration is studying some plans to dispose of the surplus abroad when the foreign consumers' turn at the table comes. Under one butter-for-guns proposal, the U.S. would use butter to pay some overseas defense costs...
...Illinois track coach, Leo Johnson, took a dim view of the furor. He announced that the whole trick was illegal by track standards for two reasons: 1) "the kid hasn't been able to clear anything yet off one foot," and 2) "It is a violation of the spirit of the rules...
...expects much furor love petit larceny these days when the top men in the field are hitting Brinks for millions, but indifference is downright impolite. If the small-timer does not rate headlines, he at least deserves the dignity of arrest. "Attention must be paid to these men of little talent, who nonetheless are doing their best...