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...presented to the Conference, the Conference itself will not be the kind for which the British hoped. Japan started things off wrong by picking as delegates two such distinguished figures as Admiral Nagano and ex-Ambassador Nagai and backing them up with a technical staff of 18 experts. Thereupon the U. S., not to be outdone, added Undersecretary of State William Phillips and backed up its delegation with 17 experts. France followed suit by appointing two Cabinet Ministers to her delegation. Thus all hope of an intimate gathering in London was washed out to sea. Only apparent reason for Japan...
...wrong with the Horned Frogs' ends and backs. In all, Texas Christian tried 45 passes. Though Sam Baugh was shooting them right into their arms, his receivers could not hold them. Even so, Texas Christian tied the score 14-all at the beginning of the last period. Thereupon little Bobby Wilson slipped down to the Frogs' goal line, caught the pass that made the score that ended the game 20-to-14, leaving Southern Methodist one of the three major unbeaten, untied teams in the U. S. as the curtain rang down on the regular season...
Furious at the news, the division commander, General Réveilhac, ordered his artillery to shell the 2 ist's trenches. He was frustrated by the artillery commander, who refused to obey without a written order. Thereupon General Réveilhac ordered the 21st to the rear, Corporals Maupas, Girard, Lefoulon and Lechat shot by a firing squad, buried under shameful black crosses...
...Thereupon stock traders, freed from fear of the Federal Reserve Board, whooped gladly and put on a brisk weekend rally. Headlined the New York Times: WASHINGTON WILL NOT APPLY BRAKES TO BOOM IN STOCKS; ECCLES CALLS IT HEALTHFUL. Said one smart broker, reading Governor Eccles' statement: "Best market letter in years!" Traders drew only one moral: the Administration's "breathing spell" for business is to be followed by a breathing spell for the Stock Exchange...
...board chairman of General Foods Corp., likes to speak his mind on business and politics. Sometimes Mr. Hutton's phraseology lets him in for public trouble. Last summer, in sounding off against soak-the-rich taxes, he declared that today he considered himself "70% slave and 30% free." Thereupon Columnist Westbrook Pegler mused: "This undoubtedly is true on the basis of his tax returns, but there is no denying that such slavery has its little compensations. Mr. Hutton's slave quarters in Palm Beach might be called a model cabin. His 16,000-acre patch in South Carolina...