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...last of the Progressives met in a frame hall at Portage, Wis., to disband the party, return to the G.O.P. Young Bob was facing another election-and he could win only as a Republican. There were still men who wanted to go defiantly on. Said Scandinavian-born Farmer Ole Lund: "When we discard a piece of machinery on the farm we think twice before we hitch on to it again." But there was no choice. The Democrats could offer no hope of victory. Quietly the delegates voted to join up with the Republicans, and went home...
...Bruce Bairnsfather's "Old Bill," best-known cartoon soldier of World War I ("Well, if yer knows of a better 'ole, go to it"), is the spiritual uncle of Mauldin's Willie...
...Ole Winnie an' Joe'll Miss...
...arrived at the office I heard two charwomen discussing Roosevelt's passing-two women who have, like some of us, endured the blitz, the flying bombs, the rockets in London. 'Blimey!' says one, 'Ain't it a bleeding shime? I'll bet ole Winnie an' Joe'll miss 'im.' 'Do you remember those destroyers he gave us?' says the other. Two poor London charwomen remember...
Local track enthusiasts will be glad to hear that the latest midshipman else brought Southern Cal's sensational miles Rol Sink, with it. Rol's 4:16 mile last season was the fastest collegiate mile to the country. Joe Sydnor's definition of "speculation" tops all yet devised. Said ole Black Joe when queried by Pred Livesey, "Buyin' and hopin', I reckon...