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...couple of companions heard him and stepped out to meet him. The thief came tearing down the fire escape and arrived on the ground just in time to run, with all his might, into a terrific punch from Stahley. He immediately fell to the ground and resigned himself to slumber...
...comfortable adage for most of us, but for the Massachusetts Progressive Committee and numerous student federations it is no kind of policy to use in dealing with the Teachers' Oath Bill. Tonight at 8 o'clock this particular sleeping dog will be ferreted out of its pleasant slumber and voraciously torn limb from limb. Though it is difficult to see any material decline in Massachusetts education since the enactment of the Oath Bill last year, nuisance legislation, like a docile canine with fleas, is obviously bothersome. For attempting to drive out this undemocratic pest the leaders of the prospective gathering...
...lengthy journey. After much scanning and scouring of the streets of Boston, as Fate would have it, nowhere could they discover a tire shop that wasn't closed for the night. Before long the occupant of the rumble seat dozed off into a profound and peaceful slumber, such a one as only the froths of many beers can induce. A little later his two companions, bored to no end with this fruitless search around the Hub's winding thoroughfares, turned up a dark, forsaken alley and came to a stop. What to do next? A sudden revelation--they left...
...room, bullet-proof mansion in New Rochelle, N. Y. Asbestos Heir Thomas Franklyn Manville Jr. discharged seven armed guards, posted seven police dogs to catch kidnappers. Explained he: "The dogs have two advantages over the men guards. They do not drink my liquor, and they do not fall into slumber so deep that they are useless." While the fourth Mrs. Manville sulked in Manhattan, her husband's new secretary, 23-year-old Dolly ("Honey Child") Goering, presided over the New Rochelle mansion, giggled: "I feel as if I should have a weapon. Against the police dogs, I mean...
Like a drowsy bear awakening from winter slumber, the U. S. building industry last March stirred & stretched in the first warm days of spring. Last week in Washington the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a greater-than-seasonal gain in building permits for April compared to March. In value, April permits were 65% above April last year. The value of residential permits, index of private recovery, had jumped...