Word: clay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the bravery of youth two young Socialists, Harry Leland Mitchell and Clay East from eastern Arkansas, set out in 1934 to do something for Southern sharecroppers. What they did, with the help of No. 1 Socialist Norman Thomas, was to organize the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Having bearded many a planter and even bettered matters a little for its poverty-stricken membership, S. T. F. U. in 1937 tried to affiliate with C. I. O. as an autonomous union. Because the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing & Allied Workers of America was already in the farm field...
Yardling baseball aspirants have been working out with Coach Adolph Samborski for over three weeks in the Briggs Cage, preparing for their annual spring trip. Heading the mound staff are Lou Clay, all-Metropolitan last year for Lawrence Academy, Ed Reddy, also of Lawrence, and Bill Parsons who played for St. Marks last year...
Handsome Henry Clay Alexander graduated from Vanderbilt in 1923, from Yale Law School in 1925. On his Yale record he got a job with Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed (Morgan lawyers). Bright work and sound judgment earned him his law partnership in 1935. At 36, Henry Alexander will now pool his legal brains with Partner Russell C. Leffingwell's and Partner Charles Steele...
...Brooklyn Children's Museum, youngsters learn about the earth, minerals, birds, animals, plants, insects, geography, history. They observe families of mice, model in clay, peer through microscopes, take apart models of flowers under the supervision of adult "docents.''* Patrons may borrow exhibits to take home. Only rule is that they must handle them with clean hands. The museum provides soap and water...
...head every time Franklin Roosevelt cracked down on it. The impressive-looking vibrator which he was allowed to use for this purpose was his Business Advisory & Planning Council, chairmanned first by Franklin Roosevelt's friend Gerard Swope of General Electric, later by Uncle Dan's friend Samuel Clay Williams of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. There is nothing in the record to show that the BA & PC and Uncle Dan ever really altered Franklin Roosevelt's attitude toward Business, but several times it revived that sufferer's failing heart with short waves of Confidence...