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The U.S. staged a May Day demonstration of its own. While Russia paraded its armed forces across the Red Square, the U.S.S. Leyte nosed into the Dardanelles, crossed the Sea of Marmara, anchored in the Bosphorus. Behind her trailed the cruiser Dayton, the destroyers Purdy and Bristol. The flagship Dayton...
Mariaschin nosed out George Kaftan of the Holy Cross National Champions in the polling.
With relief, the Senate then turned to the domestic arena. Here was familiar ground. Once again Tennessee's cob-nosed Kenneth McKellar was on his feet, attacking a TVA appointment-this time that of Gordon Clapp, 41, to succeed David Lilienthal as chairman. Gone was the vindictive hatred that...
¶ Leaning on a cane, hook-nosed Fernand de Brinon, former Vichy representative to German-occupied France, limped to an execution post at the Fort de Montrouge, outside Paris. A volley from the firing squad ended him.
This week, Phalanx' Derby odds took a tumble to 2-1 (Faultless, 3-1; On Trust, 6-1). At that price, he was definitely a horse to beat. Phalanx, lagging less than usual, had just copped one division of Jamaica's $40,000 Wood Memorial. He ran the...