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...starting lineup: Waldinger, c.; Brock, p.; Adzigian, Ib.; Timethy Putuam, 2b.; W. M. Higgins, Jr., 3b.; Hovenanian, s.s.; A. E. Berry, l.f.; R. E. Woods, e.f.; and Baldwin...
...frescoes on Detroit industries, to adorn the walls of an Italianate garden court in Detroit's Institute of Arts. Director Wilhelm R. Valentiner gave the job to the new world's foremost muralist, robustious Diego Rivera, who came and swabbed for eight months, losing 125 Ib. (from 310) the while.* Last month for the first time Detroiters were let into the court whose plain white panels had been covered with Rivera's brilliant pigments...
...steeplechase of the season, the Carolina Cup which Trouble Maker won last year, was run last week at Camden. S. C. A crowd of 15,000 saw Pink Tipped, 8-year-old chestnut mare owned by Richard K. Mellon of Pittsburgh, ridden under top-weight of 162 Ib. by William Street who had never seen his mount till the morning of the race, take the last hurdle perfectly, outrun Hotspur II in the last 20 yd. to win in record time...
...consumed (1914-1916 average) about: 42,000,000 Ib. of hops; 60,000,000 bu. of barley; 18,000,000 bu. of corn. C. It had invested (1914) about 42,000,000 in plant and equipment...
...Ib. of hops* (80% of the 1932 crop), 30,000,000 bu. of barley† (10% of the 1932 crop) and 10,000 bu. of corn (about ⅓% of the 1932 crop). But home brew, illegal brew, and ½% beer is already using part of these amounts. About 6,000,000 Ib. of hops were used for other than brewing in pre-Prohibition days. Assuming that this amount still holds, then the beer business may be said to be already operating at about 45% of its pre-Prohibition capacity. If it is going to operate at 50% the demand...