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* As the first Secretary of Labor, Wilson named William B. Wilson (no kin), who had been secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers. Warren Harding appointed James J. ("Puddler Jim") Davis, who had been president of an Iron, Steel & Tin Workers local. Herbert Hoover named William N. Doak, who had...
First Royalties. Last week the author of The Little Engine was no longer anonymous. Grosset & Dunlap signed a contract with Mrs. Frances M. Ford of Philadelphia, recognizing her as the author of the tale. The recognition came late: Author Ford is looking forward to celebrating her zooth birthday in March...
Frances Ford lives a quiet life in her granddaughter's home, rises at 7:30 every morning, sits up watching television until all hours of the night. Says she: "I'm fine, except for too many birthdays . . . I'm just happy that so many children enjoyed my...
The film milks a few laughs by dressing Webb up as a scoutmaster and turning him loose on an overnight hike with his irreverent charges. Unfortunately, the whole thing soon turns from slapstick to sentiment as Webb and his wife (Frances Dee) decide to adopt Master Winslow. Edmund Gwenn does...
Resting up before going off to Bern, Switzerland, to head the U.S. Embassy. Madame Ambassador Frances E. Willis, 54, the first foreign service career woman to work her way to the top of the diplomatic pile, was pictured primly snipping rosebushes at her Redlands, Calif, home.