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...hand to watch two fillies carry his cerise & white diamonds in their maiden tests (they finished one & two); so was Warren Wright, whose Citation, Coaltown and Free America would all race in the 18-day meeting. Hidden in the crowd near the pari-mutuel betting windows, two Pinkerton agents ignored racing's big names and kept their eyes on the bald bookie in suede shoes...
...previous weekend, thousands of visitors had been welcomed at the club to watch the famed Masters' Tournament (TIME, April 19). Now, as Ike and George vanished behind the club's waist-high thorn hedge, every visitor was politely turned back at the entrance by a uniformed Pinkerton guard. Anyone who asked to communicate with Ike was told to write him a letter...
William M. Pinkerton, director of the University News Office, quoted the figure of $86 a week as scale for a Boston reporter with five years' experience "A cub," he announced, "only earns $45, and much less on a small-time newspaper...
...Pinkerton at Heim...
William M. Pinkerton, director of the University News Office, will chair the meeting and will answer general questions about how to break into journalism...