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More far-sighted and cogent to those publishers who regard the Canadian industry as a monopoly, was the proposal of onetime Senator Gilbert Monell Hitchcock of the Omaha World-Herald. Said he: "Whatever the directors do of a temporary nature ought to be supplemented by some action towards permanent relief, such as developing a new supply of newsprint for the western part of the United States, possibly from Alaskan sources or a supply from European sources...
Died. Raymond Hitchcock, 64, long time musicomedian (Hitchy-Koo), cinem actor (Everybody's Acting) ; at Beverly Hills, Calif. ; of a heart attack...
Bedclothes Story. Last week Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico exploded the widely credited story of Fall's visit, as a Senator in 1919, to the White House bedside of Woodrow Wilson (TIME, Oct. 21). Gilbert Monell Hitchcock of Nebraska was another Senator who accompanied Fall to determine President Wilson's condition. Last week he assured Senator Cutting that Fall did not, as history has said, rudely snatch the bedclothes off the ill President to inspect him. Said Mr. Hitchcock: "Fall, who supposed President Wilson's right arm was paralyzed, was amazed when the President held...
Surprisingly enough, polo enthusiasts were last week thinking less of the approaching finals than of the poor showing of the Eastcott team, three-quarters English, which was easily eliminated by Hitchcock's four in the opening match of the series. Whether by some inherent strain of grace which prevents Englishmen from making final, unlovely exertions, or by some inscrutable play of chance, U. S. polo had again shown itself indomitably superior to British play. Since 1927 hard-riding gentlemen from the British Isles, traditional home of the polo-minded, have twice tried to capture the International trophy from...
...attention in the open was naturally focussed last week on Irish Capt. Roark of the Hurricanes, whose team had gained the finals by its single victory. British sportsmen, dismayed by the fate of Eastcott, more anxious than cocky U. S. prognosticators, awaited news of the encounter of Roark and Hitchcock in the final chukkers of the Open Championship. Despite his successive defeats, friends of Soldier-Poloist Tremayne insist that he is not one to quail before enemy fire; that he will next year return to competition...