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...grounder to second was thrown wildly to first by Joe Conzelman, and George MacDonald, backing up, threw wild to second. Contini scored on John Mansfield's long double to left center field. Mansfield went to third on a wild pitch and scored when short stop Paul Murphy booted Scot Gerrish's grounder...
Pretty Harsh Things. If statesmen should be tried retroactively for their past mistakes, and perhaps shot-they are, in other countries-Mrs. Roosevelt should certainly not get off scot free. As the semiofficial advance woman for the New Deal, she consorted with Communists, she was an enthusiastic member of many Communist-steered organizations, for years she must have been regarded by the Communists as one of their most prominent and influential cat's-paws...
...rare bird," Winston Churchill called him, "a past master of monopoly who has made an immense fortune by 'private greed,' and who, without in any way relinquishing it, has become a convinced Socialist." He was speaking of Steven Hardie, a brawny Scot who looks like a hard-boiled egg and is a steel-tough taskmaster with a canny eye for profits. Glasgow-born Steven Hardie parlayed his World War I separation pay into one of Britain's biggest industrial fortunes. His British Oxygen Co. monopolizes British industrial gas production; his Metal Industries Ltd. is Europe...
...Worlds is a selection of such stories. All of them are true, most are charged with a strong dose of moral philosophy, and most read as easily as Author Cronin's best fiction. They also constitute the autobiographical confessions of a man who, like a true Scot, has always combined a passion for material success with a deep distrust of the pride of spirit that often comes with...
...evidence and in arresting Miss Coplon without a warrant. The Government asked the Supreme Court to reverse these rulings and let the original verdict stand. As a result of the Supreme Court's refusal to take the cases, Judith Coplon (now Mrs. Albert H. Socolov) will probably go scot-free. Justice Department attorneys said a new conviction will be impossible because the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that documents found in her purse when she was arrested may not be used against...