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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the life of a police reporter in St. Louis grew too irksome for William Carroll Woodward he engaged in more interesting pursuits. Before he was 37 years old he had been arrested 37 times, but had been in prison only twice. Gaining skill, he went to London, opened a gaudy gaming place in Kensington, and as "The Honorable Lionel Musgrave, United States Senator," collected $800,000 from British sportsmen before he found it wise to depart. In Ceylon his fame spread when he swindled an Indian jewel merchant out of a basket of gems worth...
...Nicoll, the professional at Belmont, was engaged to coach the players. Since this is also the first time fall practice has been held, it will be in the nature of an experiment and very informal. About 10 or fifteen candidate are expected to report, and practice will be hold twice a week at Belmont. There will be no competition this fall...
...White-tied Laval disliked Communism and was disgusted at the growing conservatism of the other old-line Socialists. He broke away from the party altogether and has remained a complete independent. What political allegiance he owes is to that wily old Pacifist Aristide Briand. Before his Premiership, he flashed twice in the news. As Minister of Labor in the second Tardieu Government he put through the Social Insurance Act, France's employer's liability law. It was Pierre Laval, too, who authorized the use of typewriters in France's antiquated Department of Justice...
Slightly more important are the problems assigned about twice a week. These cover all phases of the subject, and are usually rather difficult. The course demands previous knowledge of a Chemistry course, more advanced than Chemistry A or B; Physics C or D; and Math A. It is necessary for concentration in the field of Chemistry, and for most further work in Chemistry, including medical studies. The lectures cannot be said to be particularly illuminating, perhaps because they merely cover the substance of the text-book...
...coast of Alaska thought he heard a plane overhead, but there was no further clue. Weather was bad. Neither Moyle nor Allen was an experienced long distance flyer or navigator. Their plane, named the Clasina Madge for the daughter of Backer John Buffelin, Tacoma lumberman, had failed twice before: once (as the City of Tacoma) when Bromley & Gatty flew it 1,200 mi. from Tokyo and were forced back with a broken exhaust pipe; once when (as the Pacific) Thomas Ash Jr. was unable to take it off with the necessary fuel load. Japanese authorities took last week...