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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...politely listened to with visible tolerance, but if he pressed his story, or attempted to substantiate it with pictures, he was ceremoniously escorted to the beach to view the bleached remains of the white man's folly, and to listen to the proper member of the local chief's staff comment sadly on "white man's lies...
...their Canadian affiliates get together with the Premier and work out a strictly Canadian settlement. That seemed to save face all around, since "Mitch" Hepburn and G. M. of Canada could claim that they were spurning C.I.O. and U.A.W.'s "international" officers, while Oshawa's U.A.W. local would remain just as firmly affiliated with the Union and C.I.O. as ever. But hardly had the Toronto peace conference begun when Premier Hepburn abruptly broke it off, charging that the Union's Canadian spokesmen were double-crossing him by consulting off-stage with U.A.W. President Homer Martin and C.I.Organizer...
...this sounded even more like boom times when Bergen Trust's Vice President F. H. Dieckman declared: "The whole thing resulted from the failure of the New York group of stockholders who control the institution to meet the demands of the FDIC. Local officers of the bank have attempted to handle its affairs conscientiously, but the power lies with the group of New York interests." The New Jersey Banking Commissioner chimed in that "certain alleged irregular practices" had been under "surveillance...
Last week electric eels made news when from Belem, Brazil it was reported that a party of U. S. scientists had caught one 3 ft. long with a potential of 380 volts, more than triple the common U. S. house current. Electric eels have produced up to 500 volts. Local Indians long ago recognized the nature of the eel's shocking power, naming the creature puraque, derived from their word for lightning bolt. But civilized man, in the Age of Electricity, though he understands the source of the firefly's light does not know how Electrophorus becomes electric...
Together will Ward S. Fowler and Carl C. Gardner, Jr., Seniors at Swarthmore and Vanderbilt, Loomis was picked as one of the three outstanding candidates for admission to the local doctor's incubator...