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Famed for his platform manner, shining-domed James Aloysius Farley took it into a radio skit, rehearsed for a part in a sketch concerning an ambitious lawyer's fight against a political boss. Farley's part: the ambitious lawyer...
Head professor for the lesson was flashy, parrot-beaked Lieut. General Hugh Aloysius Drum, commander of the First Army, whose professional fitness (like other high commanders') was being tested by the maneuvers. He came through with flying colors (though once his personal colors almost hit the ground). His force (numerically superior, equal in fire power, inferior in air power and mobility) did more than just stop the Panzer outfits; it theoretically hacked units of the proud First Armored Corps to bits, backed Major General Oscar W. Griswold's army up a good 40 miles...
Boomed James Aloysius Farley, another O'Dwyer backer: "Never have we been so degraded. ... A man . . . last night showed himself in his true colors...
Died. Edward Aloysius Cudahy Sr., 81, pioneer meat packer, president (1910-26) of the Cudahy Packing Co.; in Chicago. Onetime stockyard cowboy, he and his brother Michael worked for Armour & Co., later established their own business. In 1900 Edward Sr. ransomed his son Edward Jr. from Kidnapper Pat Crowe for $25,000 in gold...
...each day, listened to symphonies on the radio....Massive Hendrik Willem van Loon (The Story of Mankind) went to work for the Government, boosting defense bonds....Shakespearean Maurice Evans became a full-fledged American citizen....A daughter was born to Radio Songstress Benay Venuta and Armand S. Deutsch....James Aloysius Farley, 53, celebrated his birthday at a Giants-Dodgers ball game: the Dionne Quintuplets, 7, celebrated at home...