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...time to be distributed to the milling crowds of politically excited citizens. . . . Midst the joyous shouting of the crowds and while flags were flying in the southern breeze, the Plaintiff and his loyal aides ambitiously distributed the match booklets to the spirited tempo of patriotic airs. . . . Gradually these staunch voters of Tallapoosa County so assembled had occasion to open their booklets of matches to light up their cheroots, and as each did so, the booklet was immediately and indignantly closed and concealed from the eyes of the womenfolk or younger persons thereabouts...
...duration of the contracts) is now accepted in all N. M. U. agreements. But in settling basic issues like wages, hours and working conditions, the union wants free and untrammeled negotiation. Therefore, to the council, restrictive legislation is a device of the shipowners, and Mr. Kennedy is their "staunch lobbyist...
...Loew's State and Orpheum, is good comedy, it is thanks to a couple of gag-writers and not to the creative genius of Hollywood producers. The acting abilities of Irene Dunn have been sorely limited by one of the worst scenarios she has ever been given, and as staunch admirers of Miss Dunn's we are thoroughly incensed...
...Staunch supporters of the University will find their faith more than repaid this week; the program for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday is none other than "Lost Horizon." Not content with that alone, the management packs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with the magnificent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production "The Good Earth...
...such a thing is of course impossible on the face of it for "too much tradition, too much background, too much of a substance that might correctly be termed practical idealism has gone into making that strong, staunch, yet friendly rivalry what it is today...