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...crowd of 25,000 watched Ross flick harmless, showy punches at McLarnin's left eye, while McLarnin waited for the chance, which Ross was too clever to give him, to use his devastating right hand. After fifteen brisk but ineffective rounds, Ross walked to his corner, Mc Larnin turned the handspring with which, if he is able to move at the end of a fight, he invariably expresses his conviction that he has won. The judges cast conflicting votes. Referee Donovan agreed with McLarnin, gave him the decision and the title...
...Communism or Fascism. That's a lot of baloney." "Boooo!" "We're ordinary people here in Pittsburgh. We don't want to be bothered by Communists and Fascists. . . ." "Boooo! Boooo!" "I'm Mayor of Pittsburgh. I deserve a little respect. . . ." "Horsefeathers!" Flushed with exasperation, Mayor Mc-Nair cried: "If you weren't so fooled and befuddled by a lot of Russian Communists you'd-" By this time the disorder was so great that the Mayor, shielded by two plainclothesmen, was forced to retreat through the fist-shaking, shrieking crowd to the street. There...
Four House Democrats and three Republicans conducted the investigation, chairmanned by Democrat John W. Mc-Cormack of South Boston, precipitated by the anti-Nazi outcries of Democrat Samuel Dickstein of Manhattan. For counsel the committee retained Thomas William Hardwick, onetime (1914-19) Senator, onetime (1921-23) Governor of Georgia. A fat-faced, roly-poly little man in horn-rimmed spectacles, he rustled papers between nicotine-stained fingers, showed none of Ferdinand Pecora's mental agility in driving witnesses into tight corners. Counsel Hardwick had great difficulty pronouncing "swastika," finally compromised on "swat-sicka." For three full days...
...struggle between General Johnson and Unionmaster McMahon was brief, a settlement coming in three days. Mc-Mahon winnings: the appointment of textile labor representatives on 1) the NRA Labor Advisory Board, 2) the Cotton Textile Code Authority, 3) the industry's Industrial Relations Board, which was remodeled and given powers similar to those of the Automobile Labor Board. General Johnson promised that all three of these labor representatives should be picked from the United Textile Workers if the fact was established that the union was the only important cotton textile union and had at least 200,000 bona fide...
...many a railroad. They had seven comely daughters, all married, and two sons. Harold, a famed polo player, is a director of Chrysler Corp.. Thompson-Starrett and many another organization. Nelson ("Bud") Talbott, Yale football captain in 1915, is president of N. S. Talbott Co., which controls Mc-Claren Ice Cream Cones, Friction Toys, and Vance Manufacturing Co. which makes steel in Pullman cars look like wood. There are 32 grandchildren who, like their parents, pay frequent visits to the matriarch in Dayton...