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...week's end, with the important convention but a few days off, Farley seemed in a less pugnacious mood. He called Franklin Roosevelt "the beacon of hope of civilization"; he indicated, in true party fashion, that he would support Jim Mead if Mead got the nomination. Observers wondered whether Jim Farley was getting ready to toss in the towel or was just seeming to relax before throwing a crushing punch...
None of these ideas was part of the original inspiration which came six years ago to Bishop John Francis Noll of Fort Wayne. The Bishop had visualized a huge figure of Christ as "Light of the World," which, if erected in Washington, would serve as a beacon to warn Catholics of "the necessity of national Christian action against the almost worldwide tide of Communism which seems to be sweeping toward...
...Repertory players, who have made the former Joy Street livery-stable their workshop for the past few years, board communally in a house on nearby Beacon Hill. Out of the modest proceeds of a box-office that depends on playgoer contributions (50c minimum) come first, production expenses and second, food for the Company; salaries are largely wishful thinking. "Which means," says Norman Mailer '43, in charge of publicity, "our diet is somewhat irregular...
After Repeal, when Asher broke with Paul V. McNutt's local politicians, his noisy cafe, the "Wig-Warn," lost its liquor license. When HOLC foreclosed on him, he broke with Roosevelt and started X-Ray ("A Beacon for Taxpayers and Honest Labor"). In its five years its circulation has wavered between...
First in line will be Harvard's armed forces who start marching at noon after assembling on Berkeley Street between Beacon and Boylston and who will be reviewed along the parade route by Governor Saltonstall and Mayor Tobin among others...