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Reformer. In Fairmont, Minn., James Stewart, who had made stiffer-fines-for-drunken-drivers an important issue in his campaign for justice of the peace, was fined the usual $100 for his own drunken driving...
...Grass, Alas! In Salt Lake City, Park Commissioner Fred Tedesco reported that some highly specialized crooks had been at work in Fairmont Park: 225 square feet of lawn had disappeared...
Financially, Farmer Barke and the rest of the nation's farmers were in clover. In Fairmont, where Barke does his shopping, merchants reported retail sales up 49% over last year. The Wall Street Journal surveyed nine major agricultural areas, found that farm income for January and February had topped last year's by 25%. In California, farmers who used to buy cheap cars on credit were plunking down cash for Buicks and Chryslers. In Nebraska, a farmer's wife who used to lay out $5 every six months for a cotton dress walked out of an Omaha...
...Britain were as jealous of Big Power prerogatives as Russia was. But they went about it differently. Not a presidium but a U.S. institution, the smoke-filled room, preserved Big Power unity. San Francisco's smoky room was the parlor of Stettinius' suite atop the Fairmont Hotel, where the Big Power representatives were in almost daily session...