Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Having sat in a Nazi jail for 15 months, slight, blond, U. S. Seaman Lawrence B. Simpson (TIME, July 27) confessed in Berlin before the German People's Court this week that he had smuggled Communist propaganda into Germany aboard the U. S. Liner Manhattan, was sentenced to remain for an additional 22 months in jail. The Nazi Court had told Seaman Simpson menacingly: "In German courts we are accustomed to go more lightly on men who make full confessions...
...arbitrate. President Bridges of the International Longshoremen's Association set about doing his best to involve the Atlantic Coast in a nationwide dock-strike to scare shipowners into accepting his terms. To his chagrin, fortnight ago Atlantic longshoremen reached a tentative compromise agreement with their employers for a slight raise...
Cliff Wilson, by dint of better defensive play, ahs maintained a slight edge over Chief Boston, and will probably be the only Sophomore starter. Vernon Struck will undoubtedly complete the backfield quartet...
Stuart and George Roberts both turned in excellent jobs, alternating at the tall back post. Chief Boston, hard hitting sophomore quarter ran the A team yesterday. Cliff Wilson, who is running neck and neck with Boston for the signal calling post, was held out of scrimmage because of a slight cold. Harlow now rates both boys as absolutely even, and it is a toss-up who will get the starting call Saturday...
...slight decline in the College population is not expected to be duplicated in the University when total figures are compiled...