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Assuming office Jan. 1, 1930, Sachem Grain proceeded to set an impressive record for ineffectuality. He has not yet made known who shot Gambler Arnold Rothstein (TIME, Dec. 24, 1928) or Racketeer Jack ("Legs") Diamond (TIME, Oct. 20). He was lax in prosecuting unscrupulous bondsmen, dock racketeers and ambulance chasing lawyers. He failed to obtain an indictment in the case of retired Magistrate Ewald, suspected of buying his judgeship for $10,000, which was later thrice tried unsuccessfully (TIME, Feb. 2). Of 623 grand jury indictments for grand larceny sent to his office, only 32 were tried and convicted. From...
...Gassers do not always behave in an orthodox pastoral manner. Rev. Mr. Dottery, for instance, once hinted broadly from the pulpit that he felt it inconsiderate of his parishioners to die at his dinnertime; the hint was sufficient. Parson Sparrow, whose predecessor's morals had been lax, found to his dismay that the more upright he was, the wickeder became his people. In humble desperation he went a-walking with gay Betty Wing, and the villagers trooped back to church, "for a little wickedness do make a lot of talk." These 26 short stories show Powys' sympathy...
...FRESHMEN ARLINGTON HIGH J. Ware. Kirkland. l.w. r.w., Thomas. Lane Beale. Black. c. c., Lax. Aker Summers. N. Ware. r.w. l.w., Barrett. Tesle Martin. Gleason. l.d. r.d., Hicks Choate. Waters. r.d. r.d., Hageman. Buckley De Give. g. g., Nickerson...
Score--Harvard Freshman, 3. Arlington High 1. Goals--Chesze, Lax, Beale, Ware. Referees-- Joe Boley, Frank Mooney. Time--Three 12-minute periods, two five minute overtime periods...
...Sale is the man who brought the subject of rural sanitation to the immediate attention of the U. S. public last year when he published a slim volume called The Specialist which has sold some 650,000 copies. As a side issue he has also endorsed a cathartic (Ex-lax). But the first and principal vocation of Mr. Sale remains the theatre. He has been on the stage for the past 18 years...