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Mechanics Universal Joint Co. Rockford...
...narrow margin the world's light-weight (135 pound limit) title remained last week with soulful-eyed Sammy Mandell, smart-looking "Rockford (Ill.) Sheik...
...roaring crowd at the new crimson- seated Chicago Stadium saw a notable fight. Tired by last minute weight-making tortures,* for two rounds Champion Mandell barely kept his feet as Brooklyn's Tony Canzoneri, tough challenger, rushed and slashed, came close to rocking Rockford's sheik to sleep. Then class told and Tony Canzoneri found himself taking many a left jab, many a deft hook, on the chin, on flattened nose, in his lean torso. Baffled but vicious, the Italian continued his savage rushes. To "Long Count" Dave Barry, referee, they looked convincing. But not so convincing to the ringside...
Pilot Parker W. ("Shorty") Cramer, 33, was the man who initiated the Chicago-to-Berlin idea. He has been arguing for such a flight for five years. Last year he persuaded Rockford, Ill. boosters to finance him on a trip with Bert Hassell in the Greater Rockford. They got as far as stormy Greenland (TIME, Sept. 10). Two months ago Cramer backed Aviation Editor Wood into a Chicago hotel room and talked sport, adventure, glory at him. The trip would be safe and sure. They would fly from Chicago to Milwaukee, make a courteous gesture to Leif Ericsson...
...meat particularly unpalatable. A little tough, perhaps, and not very tasty, yet between a relatively succulent morsel of horse and a comparatively gristly portion of cow there is not so marked a difference. As for dogs, they are fond of horse meat, ground up and mixed with cereal. In Rockford, Ill., Chappel Co. has a large factory devoted entirely to horses that are going to the dogs...