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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defaulted on her payments, and has been in default ever since. The Supreme Court of Mississippi in 1842 declared the bonds to be binding obligations ol the State, but still the default continued. Indeed, in 1875 the Slate incorporated in its constitution a provision forbidding the payment of any ot the defaulted bonds...
...Since the newspapers of the great industrial towns of Pennsylvania are usually controlled . . by the large capitalists, it is obvious that in 99 cases out of 100 their reports will represent the view of the employing class. ... To illustrate: In the steel strike of 1919 the Press ot Pittsburgh sided entirely with the employers. . . . Actually in only one issue out of 400 did an article appear which described the scandalous violations of American liberties and of the federal Constitution by local authorities. ... I desire here, however, to stress that there are real and legitimate difficulties...
Philadelphia Athletics (American League). World's champions last year, they still look on top. Mickey Cochrane is, without argument, the best catcher in either league. They have a prime staff ot pitchers, each a specialist at beating certain teams, notably Grove for New York, Waiberg for Washington. Earnshaw, star righthander, starts against anybody. Great hitters, they are not incomparable in the field but they get along...
Honored. Owen D. Young, with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium; John Pierpont Morgan, with the Belgian Grand Cross of the Order ot Leopold...
Died. Charles Scribner, 75, board chairman of Charles Scribner's Sons, Manhattan, publishers and booksellers, founder ot Scribner's Magazine; of heart disease; in Manhattan. His most famed publishing contract: $1 per word to Theodore Roosevelt for serial rights to African Game Trails...