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...obvious political fact that the Administration has no more intention of letting a runaway bear market develop now than it had to see a bull market get out of hand last spring. At that time the Federal Reserve Board was bearing down on credit. Fortnight ago it started to loosen up, persuading the Treasury to release $300,000,000 worth of "sterilized gold" (TIME, Sept. 20). As a stockmarket hypodermic, the gold news was notably weak, for it reminded Wall Street that almost anything can happen, but it again showed that the Administration not only possesses vast power over...
...their next job there was a fight. Wilcox (Joseph Sawyer), a lineman jealous of Red's prestige, tried to loosen the line that was dropping Red. Slim got to Wilcox in time. He and Wilcox were both hurt. When Slim wrote the news to Cally, she came out to nurse him. She fixed it for him to have a job in maintenance, where he could stay put and raise a family. Once more Slim thought he'd go with Red, so Cally called off their wedding. Climax in the contest between love for Cally...
...rival company is controlled by Beverly Roberts, as rugged as the men she employs. Brent, whose entire life has been spent chasing women about Europe and this country, finds in her a stumbling block for his advances, and even when she realizes his value to her, she does not loosen...
...Soviet Union. Mr. Baldwin's unanswerable argument for this is that it would give a "Feeling of Security" and not even the logical French can prove or disprove a feeling. Over in Paris last week Premier Léon Blum was facing the awful dilemma whether Paris should loosen its ties with Moscow, move with London and Rome nearer to Berlin to achieve a "Feeling of Security." "Mr. Smith." Obviously this week the Western Pact of Adolf Hitler's dreams and schemes was not yet in the bag, but Ambassador von Ribbentrop received the significant British honor...
Purdue football teams' nickname ("Boilermakers") this year has grim associations. Last September, the flame from a locker-room hotwater boiler ignited gasoline spilled by players using it to loosen bandages, burned Purdue Footballers Carl Dahlbeck and Tom McGannon to death. In the Memorial Stadium at Minneapolis last week, the memorial planned by Purdue-a conference championship-was shattered by Minnesota...