Word: allene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lineups: ELIOT 0 DUDLEY 2 Ossaus, l.w. l.w., Marvel Bird, c. c., Noone Edgar, r.w. r.w., Koufman Jaretzki, r.d. r.d., Kane Soule, l.d. l.d., Ulin Lillie, g. g., Allen LOWELL 3 WINTHROP 0 Finn, l.w. l.w., Thorndike Blotner, c. c., Rousmaniere Swift, r.w. r.w., Hornblower Deering, r.d. r.d., Wood, H. Dowd, l.d. l.d., Culley Gordon, g. g., Regan DUNSTER 5 KIRKLAND 0 Downes, l.w. l.w. Rower Doughty, c. c., Dempsey Pierpent, r.w. r.w., Williams Gerrity, l.d. l.d., Cogswells Scholfield, r.d. r.d., Law Kayser, g. g., Evers LEVERETT 2 ADAMS 2 Stohn, l.w. l.w. Carr Daughaday, W., c. c., Gorham Bremer...
...Court's opinion was a copyright case with a unique twist. In 1932 Pearson and Allen put out their second book, More Merry-Go-Round, which contained, among other things, the statements that Justice James Clark McReynolds was "Apparently . . . both stupid [and] lazy," and that "for a man of his sheer ugliness of disposition he has come far." Also in the book was a sketch of Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills, much of which was lifted from a defunct magazine called The Washingtonian. Pearson had edited The Washingtonian for two issues, and obtained permission from Rixey Smith, author...
Main legal issue was whether she had filed the copies "promptly," as specified by the Copyright Act of 1909. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled she had not. To crusty Justice McReynolds last week fell the job of reversing that decision and setting Messrs. Pearson and Allen on their own tack. Read he: "While no action can be maintained before copies are actually deposited, mere delay will not destroy the right to sue. . . . The cause will be remanded to the District Court [for the setting of damages]." Four of the original Nine Old Men concurred. Dissenters were Justices...
...embarrassed by the decision as Defendants Pearson and Allen was the Copyright Office. If publications get the idea they do not have to file for copyright unless and until they think they are damaged, they may hold off in such numbers that the Government's $300,000 a year in copyright fees may dwindle to almost nothing...
...because: 1) he craved fine-feathered friends, and 2) the right people could help him promote his interests. He wanted Cafe Society recognition for himself and his wife, Paula. On Paula's wrist Radio and Cinema Comedian George Burns saw a nifty bracelet. Soon No. 1 Zany Gracie Allen (Mrs. Burns) had $4,885 worth of duty-free baubles like Paula's. Soon Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer's wife, Elma, had a duty-free Paris wardrobe just as pretty as Paula...