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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peppering his book with cracks about . . . his literary betters, including Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner and George Santayana," only time (lower case) can tell how right he is. I dare your book editor to reread any of Lewis' or Faulkner's books of the early '30s in comparison with Arnndel, The Lively Lady or Captain Caution and repeat his claim that they are Roberts' betters. Perhaps Santayana might...
...Invite Anarchy. Chief Justice Vinson was among the dissenters; since no one in the lower courts had questioned the point, he denied the right of the Supreme Court to "ferret out" the judge's instructions and attack them. He thought this was meddling with state courts...
...remains of a poor man were buried last week. These arrangements were appropriate; during most of his life Peter Maurin had slept in no bed of his own and worn no suit that someone had not given away. But to his funeral among the teeming, pushcart-crowded slums of lower Manhattan, Cardinal Spellman himself sent his representative. There were priests representing many Catholic orders, and there were laymen rich & poor from places as far away as Chicago. All night long before the funeral they had come to the rickety storefront where the body lay, to say a prayer or touch...
Pack One. Other industries did likewise. Kling Furniture Factories brought out cheaper new lines and priced their regular furniture 4 ½% to 10% lower. Most of the major tiremakers had introduced low-priced tires and even some automakers were joining the parade: some "extras" became standard equipment. This week General Motors Corp. cut its auto prices from $10 to $40 as G.M. wages (tied to the cost-of-living index) came down 1? an hour...
...Yale match is the marathon of Ivy tennis matches, for instead of the usual six singles and three doubles, the two teams will play ten singles and five doubles. As a result much will depend on the ability of the green lower echelon men to win their matches...