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Ever since stocky James J. Donovan was elected mayor of the oil-refinery town of Bayonne on a "Home Rule-Not Hague Rule" platform, he has had trouble with Hague's stooges in the county. Soon after Donovan lined up with forthright Governor Charles Edison in the fight against Hague over railroad-tax laws, the county prosecutor began making vice raids in Bayonne. Then Donovan was indicted by a grand jury for misconduct in office...
...Thorndike brought Kimball into the firm because of his knowledge of manufacturing. A graduate of Annapolis, where he was a classmate of Admiral Leahy, Harry Kimball failed to stay in the Navy because he was one of the seasickest midshipmen ever enrolled. Instead he went to work for Boston Edison, became president of American Zinc, later went to Remington Arms, which he piloted through World...
Many a degree holder looks upon his sheepskin as symbol of his success in mastering all the ideas of his profession. "According to the Gibbsian philosophy, 'he gets to thinking he is so goddam bright that it just paralyzes him.'" Franklin, Edison, the Wright Bros, held no degrees [except honorary] in their professions, "curiously enough...
...even James Street's ham is rich with cloves, hickory smoke and raw sugar. With Edison Marshall (Benjamin Blake, TIME. March 17, 1941), he is the most promising performer in his field since Margaret Mitchell got bored in an Atlanta hospital and decided to write a book...
...York Times's Simeon Strunsky and Arthur Krock, Newscaster Lowell Thomas (M.A. '16), Pollster George H. Gallup, Critic Carl Van Doren, Under Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal (ex-'15), Civilian Defense Director James M. Landis ('21), New Jersey's Governor Charles Edison...