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Columbia, meanwhile, has introduced the long playing advantage, which is extremely desirable for classical records. Victor tried to make up for this with a "rapid" changer. Although the drop mechanism of this new changer is extremely fast, the actual break is two seconds longer than on the Webster changers. No matter how much Victor may be able to reduce this break, the advantage of no break at all is always greater...
...National is not the biggest bank in the capital (resources: $29 million), but it is the oldest (est. 1809). Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were once depositors. In the War of 1812, the cashier cagily sneaked the bank's funds out of town the day the British captured the city. Later the bank lent the empty U.S. Treasury $50,000 to help rebuild the White House, which had been burned by the redcoats...
...Fish, Flesh, and Foul" is a sketchy treatment of a towering theme (the natural animal cruelty of the human species toward its young). Richard Webster's discussion of a Catholic scholar's views on the supernatural seems unnecessarily esoteric, especially the final note of doom that bids us all study the Churchman carefully against the day when goblins will once more roam the earth...
...Webster's article does give the April Advocate an interestingly medieval touch and is in agreeable contrast to the simplicity of Fodor's story and the topicality of the "arguments" over the Clubs. It is just this contrast and variety that the Advocate is evidently trying to foster. The editors should endeavor in the future to add depth of thought and clarity as well...
Riddled with Slugs. Ma had her lover riddled with slugs and dumped into Webster Lake, Minn., because she thought he had tipped off the cops to one of their hideouts. She had George ("Shotgun George") Zeigler murdered in Cicero, Ill., Al Capone's old stamping ground, because he was losing his mind and getting talkative. From the Barkers' overstuffed, garish headquarters in Tulsa, she engineered her boys' forays right down to the detail maps for the getaway, and she made the Barker-Karpis mob the terror of the Midwest...