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William and Mary, after winning two early season games in the south, lost to the Navy team Saturday. Elliott and Matsee, tackle and quarterback respectively, shone for the Virginian outfit. Annapolis, coached by Owsley, former Yale mentor, outclassed the Southerners. Last year Annapolis beat William and Mary 14 to 7, but the bluejacket eleven is said to be considerably improved this fall
...reporters: 'It was embarrassing to hear our Government discussed by foreigners. . . . Some of our Senators are a disgrace. Some of them are not even physically capable of being in the Senate. We women certainly would move to keep invalids out of the Upper House.' " Alvin M. Owsley, attorney of Dallas, onetime National Commander of the American Legion: "The Dallas legion post announced that I would seek the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination, if endorsed by the Texas State Convention. Said I: 'With the help and advice of the millions of men who would help me, I would make...
Senator A. Owsley Stanley of Kentucky, another Democrat rose to praise the deadlock: "What Democrat, what patriot, what lover of his country could ask Congress to put this thing [the Republican majority] in motion again? Do we want another railroad bill? Do we want to put more burdens on the backs of the poor and relieve still more coffers of the rich...
...contest for a National Commander to succeed Alvin W. Owsley (retiring) was decided on the eleventh ballot by the election of John R. Quinn, 34, of California, formerly a Captain in the 348th Field Artillery. When Quinn's election was announced, Owsley took him by the hand and said: "I turn you over to the mercies of the newspaper men, the photographers and the public...
...Hospitalization; 2) Reliabilitation; 3) Adjusted compensation (Legionese for the soldiers' bonus) ; 4) Americanization. All of them, according to Commander Owsley, have been measurably advanced during the past year...