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...first act when he went to Congress in 1917 was to vote for a declaration of war against Germany. Then he left the House (without resigning) to join the Army. He was a captain at Camp Meade, with overseas orders, when World War I ended. Too old to tote a gun now (he will be 64 this month), Tom Connally is not too old to enjoy power politics as head of Foreign Relations...
...International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to create a little employment-to force "name bands," playing in theaters, to hire teamsters to carry musicians' instruments. Under this arrangement a band, arriving in automobiles or taxicabs, would pay teamsters $10 per man by the day, $20 by night, to tote piccolos and bull fiddles across the sidewalk into the theater...
...away to study meteorology or Intelligence Corps routine at Uncle Sam's expense. The picture is not quite that rosy. Men who obtain training useful to the army before they are drafted stand an excellent chance of making full use of their talents, but the ones who wait usually tote rifles...
...promoters will also do away with the equally hallowed custom of heat racing (two out of three heats to decide the winner instead of one race). They will lay out a half-mile track, popular with railbirds because the horses pass the grandstand twice, and install an electric tote board and apparatus for camera finishes. Besides these innovations, Roosevelt's races will be run at night, under spotlights...
...Lounging into second base in the first inning of the second game, Lovett was tagged out when he easily could have made it safely by going into the dirt for a slide. Coach Floyd Stahl immediately yanked him in favor of Lee Harstone. Lovett, in a huff, was sent tote showers and told to hand in his uniform...