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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...control of pub lic utilities he has long fought on New York City's side of its subway fight and in 1926 he was Alfred Emanuel Smith's ad viser in blocking a private Power deal very similar to the one now effected by the House of Morgan. At present he is investigating for Governor Roosevelt in stances wherein municipalities are sup posed to have paid politicians too dearly for park and building sites...
...Buffalo a freak primary brought about the following result: Frank X. Schwab, present Republican mayor, was renominated for his office on the Democratic ticket, defeating the regular Democratic designee, 2 to 1, but was defeated for renomination on the Republican ticket by another Republican...
...have chilled London for several months with their tale of two Oxford undergraduates (Sebastian Shaw and Ivan Brandt) who divert themselves by strangling a happy classmate and serving dinner on the carven chest which contains his corpse. Among their guests are the father and aunt of the deceased. Also present is Rupert Cadell (Ernest Milton), a cynical, orchidaceous poet whose lurching gait, acquired in the War, is misshapen, horrible...
Available letter men representative of the various sports have been chosen as this year's cheer leaders. At a meeting held last night in the H. A. A. six men who had won their major sports' insignia in either hockey, baseball, crew, or track, were present to discuss plans for the season...
...barred. If listeners-in cannot hear the broadcasting of a big-league game, instead of selling their sets and going to see the game they will tune in on the amateur tennis or polo match which the broadcasters will substitute. There would be loss all around, for at present during a large part of the year amateur sports have neither the facilities nor often the desire to accommodate large number of people and if they made arrangements to do so it would be with results only detrimental to themselves. Professional sports have a useful role to play in supplying entertainment...