Word: califor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...skid had apparently not helped his neck-&-neck rival Bob Taft (whose press secretary last week explained that Taft was not an "active" candidate). Despite an awed respect for Taft's mind, the pros were as conscious as ever of his lack of political sex appeal. Said a Califor nia GOPster: "Taft is a fine and capable man. If it was a matter of hiring the President of the U.S., he'd be the man for the job. But we're still electing Presidents...
...Francis Poulenc) was in the French Army, another (Georges Auric) was sticking it out in Southern France, and Swiss Citizen Honegger had fled to Switzerland. Milhaud. who had been vacationing in Provence, packed up what belongings he could carry and started for the U. S. where Califor nia's Mills College had offered him a job next fall lecturing on musical composition...
...Francisco courtroom two wom en glared at one another last week. One was pretty Mrs. James Rolph III, daughter-in-law of the late Governor of Califor nia. The other was buxom, bespectacled Mrs. Frank Carreaud, Texas turfwoman. What brought them to court was one of the strangest suits ever laid before a jury...