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...SPINNER OF THE YEARS?Phyllis Bentley?Macmillan ($2.50). Reprint of an early novel by the English author of Inheritance and A Modern Tragedy...
...visitors' defense and restored cheer to the coach's heart by chalking up a total of 470 yards gained from the scrimmage. Passes figured only slightly in the game for Coach Casey was determined to check up on his groundwork. Five aerials were attempted and none completed. A spectacular spinner play put in its appearance, or rather, attracted unusual attention by reason of its effectiveness, and Harvard managed to rip open the Wildcats' line for long gains on this bit of deception...
...active interest in the Little Theatre movement, in the formation of women's lunch clubs, is in demand as a lecturer (she will lecture in the U. S. next January'), likes walking, badminton, tennis. Other books: The World's Bane, Cat-in-the Manger, The Spinner of the Years, The Partnership, Trio...
...Domestic Allotment "benefits" he may levy on every bushel of wheat the miller turns to flour, on every pound of pork and beef the packer turns to ham and steak, on every quart of milk and cream that go into butter and cheese, on every pound of cotton the spinner makes into cloth. This processing tax, heart of the Roosevelt relief scheme, is a variable quantity which the Secretary of Agriculture adjusts to bring farm prices up to the desired level. Once they are at pre-War parity, the tax scales off and disappears. Processors pass...
...club processors and distributors into line the Secretary could require each & every one to take out special operating licenses from the Department of Agriculture. A miller or packer or spinner who failed to do so was liable to be fined $1,000 for each day of his disobedience. The maximum fine on farmers who broke the Secretary's orders...