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...Kelly had held Chicago in his ham-handed fist for a dozen years. But last week his grip was so flabby that the Democrats lost, besides four Congressmen, two key county officers. The city simply could not pile up the plurality to outweigh the Republican suburbs in Cook County. With a Republican treasurer and Republican sheriff handing out Republican patronage, next April might well see a Republican in City Hall...
Kirkland strengthened its grip on first place in the intramural football league last Friday by annexing its fifth straight victory in House competition, downing the cellar-dwelling Winthrop eleven...
Violence was a two-way strategy. For the union it stirred another move by Labor Secretary Lew Schwellenbach to bring union and company together this week. For Walter Geist, who is evidently determined to break Local 248's grip on the plant, it gave accent to his contention of "irresponsible leadership" in the union. One of the sourest labor disputes in the country had gone bitter again...
Figl's speech was sandwiched between two secret sessions of Parliament-the first since 1918's dark days. Parliament decided that Austria, squeezed in the quadripartite grip of the Big Four and teetering on the verge of chaos, would seek a quick treaty and a quick end to occupation. Also: 1) removal of trade barriers; 2) restoration of Austrian gold as a currency cover; 3) return of war prisoners; 4) recognition of property owned by Austria in 1938 as still Austrian-owned; 5) membership...
...Emanuel Shinwell, wife of Britain's Minister of Fuel and Power, got a grip on her fag and cleaning rag and gave the world a great-man's-helpmeet-at-home picture that was really believable for a change...