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Result of his first attempt as a 1942 Dodger: Cincinnati Reds, 0; Newsom, 2 -a four-hit whitewash which sounded to Owner MacPhail like Series money already in the cash register. But four days later, Bobo was terrible again-the Boston Braves knocked him out of the box in the sixth...
...carefully sidestepped specific reason for its drastic action, only admitted "unsatisfactory relations" in Cleveland. But Washington dopesters said WLB's stilted phrase was verbal whitewash to cover a nasty situation, pointed to paragraph No. 6 of the Board's decision, which orders official observers to the Cleveland plant at once...
Riots and killings, the whip and executions mean disorder; the spread of boycotts, strikes, sullenness and turmoil mean a mass movement. The India Office, not for the first time, was talking colonial whitewash. Although doubts crept in and a few liberal voices spoke up, the British press, for the most part, obscured the issue. So did the U.S. press, with few exceptions (see cuts). What was happening in India was being felt by the world. A cry for freedom, confused, tragic, but potentially as powerful as any since Voltaire's Ecrasez I'In fame (Crush the Infamous!) could...
Gunning for the chance to bring their summer's record up to six wins and six losses, the Crimson baseball nine will journey to Ft. Dovens today to encounter a strong Lovell General Hospital team. "Moo" Berg, who has racked up two straight triumphs, the latest a six-hit whitewash over Malden Twi, is slated for the pitching assignment...
Uncontrite. the Post promptly called Senator Barkley's report a "whitewash." demanded the FBI's report be made public, asked for a full Senate investigation...