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...doesn't like roulette. This admirable attempt is thwarted by the murder of the gambler's friend, and the chase is on. Another murder throws suspicion on all sorts of people, but MacLane and Farrell are never fooled for a minute, or at least not for long. The final upshot of all this confusion may not be divulged, but suffice it to say that the Puritaness is not all she might...
...rdoba. Apparently to stall for time, State spokesmen falsely reported that the Legislature was willing to let the opened churches stay open. When Governor Alemán cracked out a denial of this, President Cárdenas ordered his Department of the Interior to investigate the entire affair. Upshot seemed to be that although it was still illegal to celebrate Mass in Veracruz, more Masses were being held there than at any time for years...
...construction of the Owens Valley aqueduct, a project which could incidentally develop considerable power. Employed as a consulting engineer on the job, Mr. Scattergood showed the city that it could sell power cheaper than the private utilities and still make enough profit to pay for all construction. Upshot was formation of what is now the potent Los Angeles Power Bureau with Mr. Scattergood as chief electrical engineer & general manager, a job he has held ever since...
...upshot of all this is that a market has been made already for northern shrimps--the newspapers have made the public shrimp-conscious, especially in Maine--and several fishermen are planning to buy, or have already bought, the necessary equipment with which to begin shrimping. What success they will have is yet to be seen...
...Bancamerica-Blair, Mr. Walker having been head of the Blair part. Banker Walker and Banker Giannini differed on a fundamental point. It was Mr. Walker's theory that banks should be divorced from holding companies. Mr. Giannini had spent a great deal of effort doing just the opposite. Upshot was that Mr. Walker unseated Mr. Giannini. Then after a spectacular proxy campaign, Mr. Giannini unseated Mr. Walker...