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...large Tokyo department store shrewd Merchant Hikoichie Nato looked out beneath his large level eyebrows at a pug-nosed intense young man in tortoise-shell glasses who offered to sell him a fat share of a fine, ruthless, patriotic Japanese Revolution. "We need 100,000 yen ($29,000)," explained Revolutionist Tatsuo Amano, a lawyer of nationwide notoriety since he defended the assassins of Finance Minister Junnosuke Inouye and Financier Baron Dr. Takuma Dan (TIME, July 10, 1933). As the merchant hesitated, the revolutionist argued slyly: "Consider the 100,000 yen you contribute to our cause as an investment. Sell shares...
...Marquisa de Pontejos, No.1 Goya in the U. S., is a portrait of a lady with a bouffant skirt, a single rose and a lively little pug dog. It was last seen publicly in Madrid in 1928 when Mr. Mellon lent it to the great Goya Centennial Exposition. Carman Messmore of the Knoedler Galleries calls it "probably the finest Goya in the world...
...consistently kicking on second down. Not until the second half does the Bierman team open up with its prodigious line drives, cunning spinners, adroit passes. This style of play calls for teamwork by titans, and Coach Bierman has a squad full of them. His three ace rushers are Captain Pug Lund, who was playing his final game in the home stadium last week; Julius Alfonse, who has averaged 10 yd. every time he has been given the ball this season; and the hero of Minnesota's "Hook 'Em Cow" club, Fullback Stanislaus Clarence ("Stockyard Stan") Kostka...
Stalled for the first half, Minnesota's steamroller started rolling in the second. A homecoming crowd of 59,000 at Minneapolis saw Pug Lund spiral passes that averaged 44 yd., Stan Kostka batter Michigan's line to bits, Julius Alfonse scamper 76 yd. to a touchdown. Minnesota 34, Michigan...
...attraction at the Pitt Stadium was Minnesota and a game that seemed more likely than any other to have important consequence next month when experts begin the fantastic business of picking a U. S. champion. Minnesota's star halfback, Francis ("Pug") Lund, last season played 460 out of a possible 480 minutes...