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After the 1940 election, Missouri Democrats tried to pull a fast one. They tried to steal the Governorship from duly elected Republican Forrest C. Donnell, hand it to barrel-chested Democrat Larry McDaniel (TIME, April 14, 1941). The men in the Legislature who worked hard to put the steal over, until the State Supreme Court seated Forrest Donnell, were St. Louis' 19 Democratic State Representatives. Last week, in the face of public and press condemnation, not one of them had yet dared announce that he would run for re-election in November...
Died. Robert Forrest Wilson, 59, historian, novelist, playwright, biographer; after long illness; six days after he won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Crusader in Crinoline; in Weston, Conn...
...Nothing. In Olean, N.Y., Patrolman George Forrest asked a prowler what he was doing. Said the prowler innocently: "Nothing. Just trying to steal some wood and iron...
Handles. In Portland, Ore., two autos had a brush in traffic. The drivers: Vernal Forrest and Sylvan Woods. In Dothan, Ala., Private Harvard Yale Princeton reported for duty. In Washington, Earl Wedding sued for divorce...
...scaut years ago, is busy as ever around New York, what with a new feature in "Orchestra World" and a labor of love helping Red Norvo under way with his new band. . . . Harry James and his band did not impress me too favorably at the Metropolitan last week. Helen Forrest sang nicely, without fancy gestures, either, but the band itself didn't ride on its various killer-dillers. There were plenty of brassy blasts, of course, but they failed to fascinate...