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From the time TIME first made its bow to the public I have been an ardent booster, supporter and reader of its every issue; however, I am indeed very much surprised, chagrined and disillusioned in the attitude that TIME has taken in not putting on the front page cover the picture of the man I believe will rank with Columbus, none other than Lindbergh. There is no use of my stating what I think of him here, however. He typifies all that good American manhood and boyhood stands for today. And I submit that your Mr. Know...
...Caldwell, two Nashville, Tenn., gentlemen who published there the Tennesseean and who lately reached out to Memphis, to acquire the potent Commercial Appeal and Evening Journal. Having the Constitution owned by outsiders did not appeal strongly to Atlantans, than whom no people of the South are more filled with "booster spirit" (civic pride). But the news was mitigated by a notice that the Clark Howells, Sr. & Jr., would continue as publisher-editor and business manager respectively. This arrangement was part of the terms of sale. Atlanta was thus assured of its same old Constitution until the two Clarks shall cease...
Just a year ago, in a letter to the President of the CRIMSON, Mr. Hallowell wrote: "Now that we have all acquired the 'booster' spirit, I expect to continue to sing the praises of the CRIMSON and its Board, the Student Council, the Dean's Office, the new athletic regime, and in fact, everything with a Crimson tinge. We will, of course, have occasion to criticize in the future, as in the past; Harvard would miss something of value if her undergraduates and Alumni did not criticise, but away with solely destructive criticism, and all hall to criticism...
Considering that an appreciable, though by no means threatening portion of New England industries has moved to the newly energetic Piedmont section of North & South Carolina, this item in last week's New England News Letter ("booster" periodical) suggested a thin smile, wry yet polite...
...Manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the United Press Association; on May 17 in Washington before the American Medical Association; on May 30 at the Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day; on June 11 in Washington before the business organization of the Federal Government. C Barren Collier, booster, seller of streetcar advertising, had luncheon with President Coolidge, informed him that a survey of 3,500 U. S. cities pointed to business prosperity. The first six months of 1927, said Mr. Collier, should yield as large profits as the corresponding record-breaking period...