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...jewelry. Pictures had been lent by the Philadelphia and San Francisco Art Museums, Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art. Sam Hill himself had left a collection of Rodin's original drawings and casts, an assortment of Northwest Indian relics, gimcracks from the Mayflower, a 3,000-lb. dud artillery shell, said to be the first fired by the Germans in World War I, a complete reconstruction (in the surrounding grounds) of the Druidic monuments at Stonehenge, England...
...first boat the lineup is pretty much the same as last year at Henley. Of course Bill Rowe had turned over the stroke position to Jack Wilson then, and Jack still makes the pace. However, the number three position is becoming a problem, beng the spot vacated by Dud Talbot last year...
...enough people agreed with Senator Frazier, and Mr. Barlow took his plans to Soviet Russia. (He believed that Russia was the only nation which would make use of his invention to force universal disarmament.) In Moscow, too, the idea was considered a dud. Returning, Mr. Barlow turned aside into politics and social planning. He announced he would run for Congress as a Townsendite and an "associate of Huey Long," made high-explosive speeches to Stamford, Conn, friends. He kept his hand in by turning out a liquor bottle which could not be refilled, continued to think up new engines...
...Mickey, where are the shows of yesteryear? Once you seemed to combine the talent of a Huey Long and a Father Coughlin; but last night at Sanders Theatre you were a dud. You had heard that the Student Union was going to present a play entitled "Waiting for Lefty". Someone had told you--for it's not likely that you read any contemporary drama but your own--that it was a leftist play. You sallied forth to go through your usual paces. This time, though, you looked off form. No one laughed. No one pledged you his vote for next...
...dud on the bargain counter for six years, Tobacco Road is suddenly being fingered as quality merchandise. Hollywood's new theory is that people have just got to see a movie made from the play that has busted all Broadway records. Meanwhile Tobacco Road, which fancies it is good for another two years on Broadway, and an eon on the road, feels it can afford to sit tight until it fetches a big fat price...