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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...appeasement possible. . . . On that issue we hereby declare war," he said. But although Phi Beta Kappa men thrilled to the campaign title, "To the Defense," they found it hard to know just where to start in on the business of rescuing the world from destruction. It was agreed at length to begin by doing away with all "isms." That should be easy enough. But before that job could be attended to, something had to be done about the gold standard. Ever since the U. S. Government increased the price of gold, the Phi Beta Kappa Society had been losing money...
...Chairman: Jesse Jones) from next June 30 to June 30, 1941. After House Republicans had failed to beat the bill, in the Senate Michigan's Vandenberg precipitated hot debate by objecting to an increase of $20,000,000 in the capital of Disaster Loan Corp. (RFC offshoot). At length a clerk informed the sheepish Senate that it had already settled that issue when it passed RFC's life-extension on the unanimous consent list some hours before...
...swept past the leaders, Porter's Mite and Bessie Franzheim's Xalapa Clown. When the dust had settled, 50,000 gasping spectators realized that a filly had won the Santa Anita Derby for the first time and had won it by the largest margin ever-five lengths. Co-favorites Porter's Mite and Impound had fought it out indeed, but for third place, one length behind Xalapa Clown...
Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, D., Ky., said tonight that he expects to bring the measure to a vote within two or three days, depending upon the length of isolationist "oratory," but other estimates were that the debate might last the entire week if not longer...
...Varsity's affair started sensationally, with Columbia's Finnerty, Callahan, and Fox out-pulling Art Bosworth, Jack Waldron, and Him Curwen--Harvard's best medley relay combination. Bossie, supposed to be home with a cold, gained a body-length over Finnerty, but Captain Callahan did has breastroke 100 in around 1:04 to pile up a huge lead over Waldron, another sick-list swimmer. Curwen was faced with the prospect of overcoming a deficit of almost one lap in the free-style leg, but Coach Ulen signaled him to ease up. The time, 3:04.8, was excellent for the Columbia...