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...just ahead was the "squirrel cage"-the staff of experts and writers whose job was to dig up facts, rough out drafts for Willkie speeches. Head of the squirrel cage was dark, intense Russell ("Mitch") Davenport, onetime FORTUNE managing editor, whom Willkie affectionately calls "The Zealot." Others: Pierce Butler, dry-witted, sunken-cheeked Minneapolis lawyer, son of the late famed conservative Supreme Court Justice; "Bart" Crum. smart young San Francisco lawyer; Raymond Leslie Buell, jug-eared foreign affairs expert; blond, sharp-eyed young Elliott V. Bell, former New York Times financial expert. Their routine was agonizing and invariable. One would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Story of a Train | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...Evanston, III.; Fred Benyamin '41, Columbia, S. C.; Charles P. Berger, Jr. '41, Jackson, Mich.; Thomas W. Blazey '42, Euolid, O:; William J. Bobear '43, Upper Darby, Pa.; Charles Brounig '42, Indianapolis, Ind.; Robert W. Broge '42, Cleveland, O.; John W. Buddenberg '43, Gothenburg, Nebr.; Curtis A. Bush '43, Davenport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $45,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN 119 UPPERCLASSMEN | 11/1/1940 | See Source »

...Landon '42, Baltimore, Md.; Walter J. Lear '43, Miami Beach, Fla.; Robert W. Levin '42, Portland, Ore.; Walter S. Long, Jr. '43, Mayfield, Ky.; Horace G. Lunt, 2d. '41, Denver, Colo.; James B. McCandless '42, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Charles M. McCroskey '43, Kansas City, Kans.; Donald F. McDonald '43, Davenport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $45,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN 119 UPPERCLASSMEN | 11/1/1940 | See Source »

Down but not out, Lowell saw its chances for victory fade further into the distance in the third quarter, as the puritan powerhouse racked up another six points on a Dreher-to-Davenport pass from the six-yard stripe. The final score same in the closing, minutes when Jack Carpenter smashed off tackle for six yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTHROP SWAMPS LOWELL 25-0; ELIOT, DUNSTER IN TIE | 10/25/1940 | See Source »

...second score was not up by Fritz Lehman, Puritan right guard, who fell on an Eliot fumble. Davenport again carried the spheroid into pay dirt. In spite of the efforts of George "Running" Waters, the Elephants couldn't reach enemy territory throughout the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Beat Eliot; Commuters Also Win | 10/18/1940 | See Source »

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