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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...union. In 1936 he took it into C. I. O. In 1937 he fought and won a bitter strike with General Motors, signed up that giant, and all motormakers except Henry Ford. In 1938, he quarreled with his co-founders and lieutenants, and his union of 375,000 men (third largest in C. I. O.) was saved from falling apart only when John L. Lewis practically took control of it. Last week Homer Martin upset this much-joggled applecart...
...five and one-half years, Howard Hunter administered in the Midwest the spending of about one-third of all Federal relief and work-relief appropriations. On his payrolls were 35 to 40% of all WPAsters. The drought of 1936 and the floods of 1937 were his to handle...
...after he took oath was to slap down a document on the inaugural stand, announce: "I herewith submit my resignation as a judge of the Superior Court. . . ." By waiting until then, he made sure that he would choose his successor on the bench. Then from his glassed enclosure on Third Street, he watched Jay Cooke, Philadelphia's G. O. P. chairman, stride majestically along in the inaugural parade, saw pass the proud banner from Philadelphia's 26th Ward: "Home Ward of Late U. S. Senator WILLIAM S. VARE Honoring His True Friend GOV. ARTHUR H. JAMES...
...Professor Sauveur played an important part as United States delegate to the third Pan American Scientific Congress in Peru...
...springboard to leap into first place in the race for individual high-scoring honors. He tallied 2 goals and 2 assists and brought his point total for the season to 11, Princeton's Wyer rose to second place with 10 points, while Bill Morrison, of Toronto, is tied for third with Mel Williamson, of Queens, each with 9. McConnell was the league's high scorer in 1938. STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS College Won Lost Pts Toronto 3 0 6 McGill 3 0 6 Queens 3 2 6 Harvard 2 1 4 Princeton 2 2 4 Dartmouth 1 2 2 Yale...