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...Los Angeles, Calif...
...towering Otto Klemperer felt last spring that like Job he had been afflicted beyond reason, he must have been in good measure repaid when he walked on to the stage in the Los Angeles Auditorium last week and 5,000 Californians stood up to welcome him as conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Because he was a Jew, Conductor Klemperer was pommeled last spring by a band of Nazi youths...
Much attention was attracted to the Japanese style of swimming at the recent Olympic games, held in Los Angeles during the summer of 1932. At that time, the Nippon team, a hitherto rather mediocre squad, showed a sudden speed and stamina which swept all opposition before it and gained the swimming crown for the Japanese...
Resenting the charge of falsehood, the AP last week flung it back in Vines's face with a statement that: 1) Vines had amplified his original remarks, to his teammates and to sports writers in Los Angeles. 2) He sent his telegram of denial immediately following a conference with tennis officials. The AP quoted Sports Editor Carens: "I had a 40-minute talk with Vines and agreed to hold the story until after he was beaten at Los Angeles. As you know, I have 23 years of sports writing experience and I do not misquote athletic celebrities...
Advertisements in Arizona daily papers repeated the outcry, paid for by the loud Los Angeles Examiner to sell its issue of Sept. 24. The advertisements were an implied wager that no Arizona newspaper would print the scandal story. The Examiner was right...