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William Lockhart Clayton, 62, was famed in his own right as the biggest U.S. cotton merchant. Now, working in fellow Texan Jesse Jones's RFC, he is seldom heard of, never quoted, almost never seen outside his office. But through his big, able hands pass all the multi-zeroed dealings of Defense Supplies Corp., which trades vital loans for Latin American raw materials, and other jobs...
Next day, Nelson tied with Clayton Heafner of Linville, N.C., with a 72-hole total of 280. Nelson won on the playoff, with 67 (33-34) to Heafner...
...example, TIME'S man is Ed Young, city editor of the Baltimore Sun. In Minneapolis, he is Arnold Aslakson, city editor of the Cowles brothers' Daily Times. Gould Beech represents us in Montgomery, where he is chief editorial writer of The Advertiser-while Pulitzer Citation Winner Clayton Fritchey of the Press covers Cleveland...
Publisher of The People's Voice is Harlem's big (6 ft. 4), pompous ball of fire, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Not a delegate to the convention, 33-year-old Publisher Powell was more talked about than acclaimed. Some said he was a hot shot who would fizzle out in a year. One Negro executive called him "a new and slightly pinko kid who hasn't got his feet wet yet." He was called "a poor imitation of Ralph Ingersoll." His journalism was described as the kind that "just brings down criticism on the heads...
...practically taboo. Reason: The Federal Council felt that, since five of its other commissions are directly connected with the war effort, the conference's concern should be with plans for peace. One war statement -"the Christian Church as such is not at war" -was proposed by Editor Charles Clayton Morrison, of the influential and isolationist-before-Pearl-Harbor Christian Century. This statement was actually inserted in a subcommittee report by a 64-58 vote after a sharp debate. In the plenary session, however, it was ruled out of order...