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...remained to foster unionism; the violent Irishmen who were called Molly Maguires; sainted John Siney, whose Miners' National Association of the U. S. rose, fell, and left him dying (of a broken heart, some said); the Knights of Labor, "one big union" for all workers; whiskered John Rae, first U. M. W. A. president, whose son appeared at the convention last week. There were the nameless dead-of catastrophe, foul air, killing hours in the mines; murdered by company thugs; murdered, too, by union gangs whose internecine wars reddened the rise of U. M. W. A. and John Lewis...
...final uninspiring but safe appointment, the Board of Trade (department of commerce) was handed on from Oliver Stanley last week to Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, chairman of the British Iron and Steel Federation, onetime chairman of the Central Electricity Board and never before prominent in politics. Seats will have to be found for him and for Sir John Reith in the House of Commons and by-elections in safe Conservative constituencies will soon be held for this purpose. This week, as Britain awaited further Cabinet changes, people were saying: "The generals intend...
From the Penn locker room came the same general conclusion, when Rae Crowther said, "The experience gained at Yale last week helped a lot up here." And Crowther pointed out that Harvard's games with Bates and Chicago hadn't seasoned the Crimson at all, Saturday was the first time seven of the starting eleven had run up against really hard-hitting, aggressive opposition...
...interest is the fact that Coach George Munger has brought his two top assistants with him. Usually at least one of the main mentors is scouting future, opponents each Saturday. However, Munger realizes that Howdy Odell and Rae Crowther, who formerly taught under Harlow, will be indispensable in checking the Harvard offense...
When it comes to the line, it's actually sing a song of sixpence, because line mentor Rae Crowther can trot out a horde of big and active forwards. The first front wall averages 195 pounds from end to end, and the reserves are every bit as big. The three ranking ends, Captain Gustafson, Warner, and Miller are rangy and hard to circle. The tackles are headed by Yard, Cohen, Runte, and Engler--841 pounds of tackle material all told...