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Hags & Horses. Although the queen of the country's third largest industry has become a force to reckon with in the sport of kings, beauty is still her chief interest (she flatly denies rumors that she may sell her cosmetic business for $13 million). One small facet of that business is the farm for which her racing stable is named, Maine Chance ("I just went to Maine one summer, and liked this farm so I took a chance and bought it"). Women who want to be as consistently "winning" as her horses pay $350 a week (adjoining bath...
...years Abraham Bitle had called himself Biddle, pronounced it Biddle, spelled it Biddle. Last week Russian-born Bartender Bitle, 42, went into common pleas court in Philadelphia to make it legal. He found he had failed to reckon with the descendants of another immigrant, one William Biddle, a shoemaker who served in Oliver Cromwell's army, served a jail term for Quaker preachings, and beat William Penn to the New World...
...else brought Southern Cal's sensational miles Rol Sink, with it. Rol's 4:16 mile last season was the fastest collegiate mile to the country. Joe Sydnor's definition of "speculation" tops all yet devised. Said ole Black Joe when queried by Pred Livesey, "Buyin' and hopin', I reckon...
...done again a week later-with better results. Daylight bombing with big demolition bombs is still the prescribed dose for heavy industry, big arsenals, dockyards and the like. In future, the Japs (already evacuating all but essential civilians from five of their million-population cities) will have to reckon with both types of attack...
...second place is energetic Company C club, a late starter, but a team to reckon with. Paced by League's two top acorns, Jones (39 points) and Hall (37 points), Company C has taken three of in four games so far. Standish and the II & I team have dropped from the front ranks, whereas Lowell has hit its atride...