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HEAD OF FARM BOARD ANSWERS BEACON DEMAND cried the Levands when Chairman Legge wrote in a letter to Governor Clyde Reed of Kansas: "Still another peculiar angle is brought up by your friends, Max and Louis . . . acting as if they thought they were the State of Kansas...
Swinging out through Colorado, Campaigners Legge and Hyde entered western Kansas where, at Hays, Governor Clyde Reed was waiting to dispute their economic message. Governor Reed had last month asked the Farm Board to buy 25 million more bushels of wheat to up the market price (TIME, July 7). Chairman Legge had sharply reminded him that the Farm Board was no "Santa Claus!" In their hotel lobby Chairman Legge met Governor Reed, joshed him: "Don't mind Hyde and me. We're harmless. But watch out for these economists. They're chain lightning when you tangle with them...
Canvassers for the Miami Civic Tourist Club solicited Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone for a gift of $2,500 to swell a fund dedicated to community progress & betterment. News of the solicitation threw the club into a turmoil. President Clyde A. Epperson resigned; many board members followed his example. While this quarrel raged, a letter came from Capone's attorneys stating that no contribution would be forthcoming...
Photography: Clyde de Vinna, for White Shadows in the South Seas (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
Charleston, leisurely, unprogressive, socially high-headed, remains today an antique among U. S. cities. The Atlantic Coast Line's best Florida trains skip Charleston; likewise Clyde Steamship Co.'s New York-Florida express boats. Its business men lunch at 2:30, return to work at 4, if at all. Many contend, visitors as well as citizens, that it is the most civilized city...