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...Class of 1943: Malcolm Magoun Ferguson, Richmond Nelson Hutchins, Louis Gerald-Varet Hyde, Carl Hudson Imlay, Charles William Mulcahy Jr., Ralph Eugene Snyder, Oliver Rowland Blanchard Stalter...
Brooklyn's chief librarian had had enough. Last week Dr. Milton James Ferguson announced that henceforth Brooklyn libraries would turn deaf ears to telephoned quiz queries from radio fans...
...Said Dr. Ferguson: ". . . The normal work of the library is suffering. . . . In some cases [telephoned queries] have resulted in actual impairment of [staff] morale...
...cause of Dr. Ferguson's long-suffering : WOR's Tello-Test quiz. On this five-a-week show, announcers telephone a housewife, offer $5 if she can answer a question in one minute. If she fails, another $5 is added, another number is called. Brooklyn listeners telephone the library as soon as they hear the question, hoping their number may be next. The library's calm is shattered during every broadcast. Concluded Dr. Ferguson stiffly: "The identification of 'Lemonade Lucy'* or the architect of the White House . . . seems of small moment...
Michigan's inquisitorial Republican Senator Homer Ferguson pressed a triumphant question: had the Congressman reported the contribution to the House? He had not. The law, Coffee added blandly, called for reporting of contributions received 10 days before and 30 days after an election. The $2,500 had been an "interim contribution...