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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...national convention in Chicago this year, the American Legion found itself hemmed between two sharp issues. In his speech at the opening session, President Roosevelt voiced the undoubted sentiment of the country when he firmly discouraged recrudescence of the Legion's twice-rebuked demand for immediate cashing of the Bonus (TIME, Oct. 9). Wisest heads in the Legion-potent (758,000 members) but not so potent as it was in 1931 (1,054,000 members)-realized the danger as well as the futility of pressing the Bonus movement now. Not only would it revive the hostility that the Legion...
...tall, stooped figure-"Lefty" O'Doul. An oldtime hero of the Pacific Coast League, in 1932 O'Doul was No. i batsman of the National League, but a 1933 slump had put him on the bench, to be brought forth only in a pinch like this. Twice O'Doul swung and fouled. Third-Baseman Jackson, waiting his turn at bat, called out: "Take it easy, Lefty. You don't need to hit it out of the park. A single will do." O'Doul cracked the next ball into centre field for a single, scoring Critz...
Police of the Harvard Square station report that 22 summons have been issued to Harvard men for violation of parking rules. It was also announced that 61 out-of-state cars belonging to Harvard men have been tagged twice, and if seen again parked on the streets overnight will be towed away at the owners' expense...
After this the Varsity was twice given the ball on the 25-yard line and both times scored. Play was rather ragged throughout the afternoon, though the Jayvees put on a pretty good exhibition. There will be another scrimmage today, and the team will have a workout tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock...
...George C. Reis of Lake George, N. Y. in his 11-year-old hydroplane El Lagarto: the President's Cup race, with 1,161 points to 1,122 for Horace E. Dodge's Delphine VII. First craft to win the President's Cup twice, El Lagarto made a clean sweep of this year's important races of her class, including the National Sweepstakes at Red Bank, N. J., the Gold Cup at Detroit...