Word: clarks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...replace Harry Hopkins at the head of WPA, the President elevated Colonel Francis Clark ("Pinky") Harrington, whose political coloration is neutral to the point that he boasts of never having voted (see p. 8). To replace Miss Mary Dewson, 64, resigning from the Social Security Board because of physical exhaustion, the President named Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, fortyish, director of women's and professional activities...
Joyless was the face of Aubrey Williams when he emerged. He shut himself away from the press. As happy and rosy as ever was the face of one of the President's next callers. Trig and trim Colonel Francis Clark ("Pinky") Harrington, U. S. Army Engineer Corps, has been on detached duty with WPA since 1935 as assistant administrator in charge of construction projects. He, too, was properly reticent when he departed. But when he returned for a second call that evening, the press knew that Pinky (for complexion) Harrington was to get the No. 1 Relief...
...producers had given up all hope of ever tapping it. Men of the Year, outstanding in comprehensive science, were three medical researchers who discovered that nicotinic acid was a cure for human pellagra: Drs. Tom Douglas Spies of Cincinnati General Hospital, Marion Arthur Blankenhorn of the University of Cincinnati, Clark Niel Cooper of Waterloo, Iowa...
...Clark Gable...
Prospects for a successful Crimson hockey season were given another big boost at the Boston Arena Saturday night, when Coach Clark Hodder's surprising sextet followed their opening victory against the Junior Olympics by outplaying a fast Southern California team to the tune of 6 to 2 before a crowd...