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Patriot. In Denver, Colo., Sergeant Dudley Sargent was asked how he, spent his money, replied: "I spend the greater portion of my monthly income maintaining civilian morale." Termination. In Tacoma, Wash, poker-faced Young Democrats held a state convention, plumped for a fourth term for Franklin Roosevelt, steadfastly refused to change their own constitution limiting officers to a single term...
...little (5 ft. 6 in., 135 lb.) Homer Truett Bone, 61, got a Presidential appointment as Federal Circuit Judge (seven Western states, Alaska, Hawaii, China). Two-Term Senator Bone had certain renomination and election within his grasp, could he but campaign for it. But a fall in his Tacoma home in 1939 left him crippled; repeated operations had further impaired his health. For a year his right leg has been massaged daily by the Senate doctor. (Said Senator Bone dryly : "After all these years of having my leg pulled by amateurs, I'm having it pulled by an expert...
...Sacramento Union, Sports Editor Dick Edmonds and a 30-year-old baseball maniac and nightclub owner named Yubi Separovich bemoaned the end of the world: Sacramento's "Solons" were no more. The St. Louis Cardinals, owners of the club, had sold their Pacific Coast League franchise to Tacoma, Wash., for $50,000. In three days, P.C.L. directors would meet to approve the transfer, the stadium probably would be torn down, the ball park subdivided for postwar real estate...
Head in hands, sportswriter Tod Schoonover stared at the telephone, suddenly grabbed it. Sacramento's Chamber of Commerce had tried to outbid Tacoma, raised a scrawny $8,000 and quit. He would make one last effort. Frenetically Schoonover phoned sporting friends-bowling alley operators, golfers, promoters, cafe owners. Ninety minutes later he had promises of $22,000. Yubi Separovich added $2,000. He and Edmonds then started after every solvent fan in town. In 48 hours they had $53,000, barely caught the night train to Los Angeles for the P.C.L. meeting...
...pleaded for the sport he loved. Directors jumped up and cheered. "The greatest shot in the arm for Coast League baseball in modern history," shouted one. Another phoned Cardinal President Sam Breadon, whose answer made more baseball history: "For them, the price is cut to $40,000." Tacoma's agent withdrew: "They deserve to have the team...