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...Infinite patience . . . indomitable will . . . undying idealism . . . inflexible resolve." With such words President Hoover last week praised Abraham Lincoln in a nation-wide radio speech, which came somewhat anticlimactically after the Pope's world-salute (see p. 40). The 31st President of the U. S. reveres the 16th above all others. The Hoover eulogy was broadcast from the Lincoln study in the White House, amid Lincoln chairs, pictures, tables, plaques. A Lincoln clock, six minutes late, chimed from the mantel...
...mere political enmity that made the air vibrant between Mr. Steuer and Mr. Kresel. Sixteen years ago, in 1915, the late Abraham Lincoln Erlanger (theatre magnate) accused Mr. Steuer of blackmailing him in the trial for breach of contract brought by an actress. After the accusation Mr. Kresel brought disbarment proceedings against Mr. Steuer. Mr. Steuer was not disbarred but he may not have forgotten the incident. Today Mr. Kresel is counsel for the Erlanger estate, defending it from the claims of Charlotte Fixel (who asserts she was Erlangers common law wife) and Mr. Steuer is Mrs. Pixel...
...Universities, American, English and German" by Abraham Flexner still seems to have great interest for the Harvard reader, for it has been a leader among the more substantial non-fiction books since its appearance early in December. In fact the good non-fiction book is apt to sell more copies in the long run than the usual novel which enjoys a temporary burst of popularity but which is quickly forgotten or relegated to the dwindling sales of the dollar reprints...
Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln...
...standing army of the U. S. numbers 137,472 men. If there were 100,000 exiled Confederate soldiers in Canada, ready at the drop of a hat to march on Washington and attempt to re-establish pre-Abraham Lincoln conditions in the South, there might be a continuous "war scare" in the U. S. similar to that in Russia...