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...night last week, bushy-haired Hans Trippler, 31, a radio ham, made a hurried call to the Detroit police. Trippler had been dismantling a war surplus radio device (bought for $4.90*) to get parts for his transmitter. In the center of the.machine he came upon a 6-in. cylinder labeled "Destructor." The cylinder contained two dynamite caps and a tube of thermite. Trippler's little find fascinated Detroit cops, the Michigan state police, the War Assets Administration, the Military, Air Force and Naval Intelligence...
...Among other big Eastern women's colleges, Wellesley has always had women presidents, Bryn Mawr switched to them in 1893, Radcliffe has alternated. Mount Holyoke, after ten madam presidents, chose Roswell Gray Ham in 1937; Vassar got its first woman president in Sarah Gibson Blanding...
...cohorts Ted Reynolds and Don Felt behind him at seven and four, respectively. Bob Taggart, who did a short tour of duty with the Varsity early last spring during Jud Gale's absence is at five, with two other Jayvees, Nat Ober and Lou Cox, at three and bow. Ham Fish, up from last year's combination boat, and sophomore Ken Keniston round out the roster...
...triumphal tour at 9 in the morning. Rumbled gravel-voiced Louis as he settled himself on the throne on his gilded float: "Man, this is rich." The parade stopped before the Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, and the royal party dismounted for a light lunch of turkey and ham sandwiches, pickles, olives and champagne. By the time Satch had clambered back on to the float and settled down with three bottles of champagne at his feet, he felt moved to announce: "This king stuff is fine, real fine. It's knocking me out-I've blowed...
Born in London's poor East Ham district, the daughter of a plumber, Vera knew five songs, Peggy O'Neil and K-K-K-Katy among them, before she was three. At seven, she was singing, in frills and bows, for Masonic dinners and charity benefits. "A straight-faced kid, couldn't get her to smile," says her dressmaker-mother, who always went along. At school, "they thought I had a terrible voice," says Vera, "but they always put me up in front because I opened my mouth so nice and wide...