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Factors which throw the favorite's role to the Crimson forces, however, are the week-long rest which the Chase six has enjoyed, and the Yardlings' excellent showing in last week's contest against Hebron Academy, conquerors of the Dartmouth Freshmen...
Observers in this week-long rehearsal were never more than 15 seconds away from a telephone. The cry "Army, flash," immediately cleared a line to one of the four Information Centers (Boston, Manhattan, Philadelphia, Norfolk). Last week in Manhattan's center, supposedly the best-equipped in the world, 60 Army officers, 100 enlisted men and 600 women volunteers were kept hopping...
...Ended was a week-long strike at Curtiss-Wright's propeller plant in Caldwell, NJ. A.F. of L. machinists agreed to go back to work while the Mediation Board weighed their grievances...
Between these horses stands George Kame, promoter of the strangest market in the U.S.: the week-long horse-trading convention held every summer at Almond, N.Y. Last week, 20,000 traders and spectators joined in the fun, traded 1,800 horses, bought countless bottles of beer and soda pop from the refreshment stands which are Promoter Kame's main source of profit. Swapping went on furiously all day and most of the night; some horses changed hands a dozen times. Included were some good work horses, a few riding horses. But most were plugs worth less than $25; some...
...Were stalled by a week-long sandstorm...