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...Recently the Tokyo Miyako Shimbun gained access to bundles of examination papers of students trying for jobs in Manchukuo with the Ministry of Railways. Samples: 1) Marconi. The Crown Prince of Ethiopia; the President of France; roast hog. 2) Hindenburg. The Premier of Denmark; Capital of Germany; a business quarter in England; an Australian port where woolen is exported. 3) Movement against cooperative societies. The birth control movement as advocated by Sanger...
...giant might "blanket the dial," drowning out less powerful signals by failing to stay within its assigned channel of 700 kilocycles. For months test signals have been broadcast before daybreak while the Commission's investigators watched their frequency testers like hawks. Last month, satisfied that WLW would not hog the air, the Commission gave its authorization for the station to start regular commercial programs...
...trice. Mrs. McCallum in the Employment Office was called and instructed to send over three or four students with harsh powerful voices. Latest advices do not indicate whether or not she had found qualified applicants but when they finally do appear, the Stadium will be treated to a hog-calling contest. Led by Mr. Getchell, the trio will troup down to Soldiers Field and howl till the colonnades ring. The winner, who succeeds in rattling the seats in the press-box, gets...
Died. Clyde ("Pea Ridge"-from Pea Ridge, Ark. his hometown) Day, 32, baseball pitcher for Brooklyn, Cincinnati, St. Louis and other teams, known for his eccentricities and hog-calling; by his own hand (slashing his throat); in Kansas City...
...boom-de-ay." Then some was shoutin' "We want the boom-de-ay!'' an' others was savin' "Leave off the boom-de-ay-leave it off!" So we put the boom-de-ay to a vote, an' it was six-to-six, hog-tied as neat as you ever see. So. Mr. Editor, you'll have to use yore own jedgment. For mcsself, I'd leave off the boom-de-ay. ARTHUR B. ANDERSON...