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...never-never land of Zilania is the scene for Sweethearts; a disguised princess (Gladys Baxter), the heroine given the Sweetheart waltz to sing; an heir presumptive (Charles Massinger), the hero ("Every Lover must Meet His Fate"). Both careful performers, they did well with tunes that are still fresh and crinkling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Herbert Revived | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

...power export. Leader of its fight was Walter S. Wyman, President of the Central Maine. He reported that the funds expended in the campaign were the result of Insull profits in Texas, were not profits taken from Maine consumers. On the same side were former Governor Percival Proctor Baxter (1921-25) and numerous newspapers including the papers published by Guy Patterson Gannett.* Together they bombarded Maine with advice to permit power export...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maine Votes | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

Chief political figure on the anti-export side stood former Governor Ralph Owen Brewster (1925-29). No good friends are ex-Governors Brewster and Baxter. More than once has Baxter accused Brewster of being a Ku Kluxer. More than once has Brewster implied that Baxter is dull if not dreadful. Each hopes to succeed Maine's Senator Arthur Robinson Gould in next year's election. These two sunk their teeth into the power export bill and pulled in opposite directions. Last week Maine defeated power export by a majority of some 10,000 votes in 125,000 cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maine Votes | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...Ovvned by Chicago's William Wrigley Jr., chewing gum tycoon. Other famed island-owners: Detroit's Motorman Howard Earle Coffin (Sapelo, Ga.), Boston's Lawyer Albert Cameron Burrage (Bumkin, in Boston Harbor), Maine's onetime Governor Percival Proctor Baxter (Macworth, Casco Bay), Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, Will Hays, Arthur Brisbane (Ona. Fla.), Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke (Jahncke's Bayou, St. John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: White Rock | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

Pole vault--Won by Oscar Sutermeister '32, 11 ft.; second, E. H. Woodberry '32, 10 ft. 4 in.; third tie between Woodbusy (E) and Baxter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Prepares for Impending Yale Clash by Narrow Victory Over Green | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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