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...with price-fixing by: 1) operating two buying pools to acquire gasoline from independent refiners at artificial prices; 2) selling gasoline to jobbers under long-term contracts in which price would be determined by the average of the spot market prices published in the Chicago Journal of Commerce and Platt's Oilgram; 3) taking "distress" (i.e., excess) gasoline off the market (TIME, Aug. 17, 1936). Result, according to the jury, was severe losses to jobbers and independents...
...Believe It or Not'] Ripley is a Bachelor" was Bachelor's first featured interview. (Ripley's reason: too busy.) Bachelor-of-the-Theatre was Alexander Kirkland, who interviewed himself. A portfolio of "Bachelors-of-the-Arts" included Photographers George Platt Lynes and Hal Phyfe, Poet-Artist Jean Cocteau, Cinemactor Robert Taylor. Julius ("Pete") Street Jr. wrote about Princeton's Triangle Club show under the pseudonym of Peter Street. An article on "The Insolence of American Women" was contributed by a Baron Giorgio Sudani, organizer and president of the Noblemen's Club of New York...
...Ecker made it six up for the Crimson early in the second period. Despite the deficit the constantly improving Elis took advantage of many jumps resulting from Harvard five-man rushes, and before the period ended D. Humphrey, Platt, and Andrews beat Kidder, now playing in the Crimson net. Pope scored his second goal of the evening on an unassisted dash...
Monday night before a capacity crowd of alumni and undergraduates the Blue played a fast game with the Tiger sextet, but the goals of Bill Platt and Dud Humphrey were not enough to hold the revengeful Princetonians...
...defensemen are Smitty Jackson and Bill Platt, rugged center of the grid team...