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...income tax charges. But he had since retired to private practice; the Governor doubted whether his name was big enough to head the investigation. Finally, however, the Governor was convinced, and athletic, 33-year-old Lawyer Dewey, whose favorite indoor sport is squash racquets, found himself in a posi-tion to become the biggest racket-squasher in the U. S. Thomas Dewey's handsome, foxy face has grown familiar to New Yorkers, but when it appeared in the newspapers in June 1935 few would have recognized it without a caption. An Owosso, Mich, boy whose grandfather was second cousin...
...view of the decision of the Italian Government to annex the whole of Ethiopia and the consequent menace to our posi-tion in Africa and the Near East, His Majesty's Government have made it clear in unmistakable terms that under no circumstances will interference by Italy with the existing regimes in Egypt and Palestine be permitted, and any attempt to do so will be considered as an unfriendly act ... to be repelled by all the means at their command...
Basing my belief on a limited amount of knowledge of Morgan operations I would express an opinion that if more of our men in high posi tions and institutions had concerned themselves with the preservation of the integrity of a name to the extent that Morgan has the country would be better off. J. Frederick Russell Worcester, Mass...
...favorite opening would be the Queen's Gambit, which seemed likely to be adopted in 60%, perhaps 70%, of the games. Chess Masters have a tendency to play not to lose rather than to play to win, and the queen's side opening leads to intricate but not explosive posi tional play. A favorite amateur opening which begins with both players moving their king's pawns two squares ahead also seemed unlikely to be important, as even when the player with White opens with the king's pawn move, the Black player has become increasingly wary about countering with...
...officially enforcement of a Reform which they effected unofficially. What they did mind was not having their hard-hitting prohibition enforcer, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, placed in charge. Nor was Mrs. Willebrandt particularly pleased with what some called a "snub" and last week intimated that she would resign her posi-tion as Assistant Attorney General...