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...swarm of postal hornets buzzed out of Smith College President Herbert John Davis' mail bag. Smith alumnae wrote that they had been receiving postcards signed by "Elizabeth Royon, '35" of Cleveland, pointing out that the New York Times had declared for Roosevelt. What, they demanded, was President Davis going to do about such a use of the addresses in the Smith alumnae register...
...professional exterminators who work in New York City last week generally felt that they were barely holding their own against the insect world. The verminous swarm which always threatens mankind has made great wartime gains due to shortages of insecticide and manpower and to heavy wartime travel (especially of insects aboard furloughed servicemen...
...more or less conventional war correspondent, covering the news as others did. The change began one day in Africa when the press corps was invited to meet Admiral Darlan. Scripps-Howard cabled him to be sure to attend. He was hurrying across an airfield to the interview when a swarm of Stukas swooped down, began splattering bullets around him. He dived into a ditch just behind a G.I. When the strafing was over he tapped his companion on the shoulder and said, "Whew, that was close, eh?" There was no answer. The soldier was dead...
...Pressure Boys. Like all spotlights, the G.O.P. Convention had attracted a swarm of moths, buzzing and beating their wings. Some appeared before Taft's committee; others simply hired a hall. A handful of Democratic malcontents, grandiosely naming themselves the American National Democratic Committee, assembled on the fringe of the Convention, trying for a Byrd Bricker ticket, but died of avoidance. "General" Jacob S. Coxey, sans army, argued for his own free-wheeling fiscal plan. Gerald L. K. Smith, followed by a shrill covey of "We the Mothers," took over the Stevens ballroom while the Chicago Symphony orchestra was tuning...
Best evidence of boom was the swarm of little buyers who jumped into the market last week. Till then, the slow rise of the market had been paced by the high-priced Blue Chips (TIME, June 12). These were still popular, but they were being rapidly shouldered out by cheap stocks. On the peak day all but one of the most active stocks sold for under...