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Died. Brigadier General (ret.) Pelham D. Glassford, 76, leathery Washington police chief when the 1932 Bonus Army marched on the Capitol; in Laguna Beach, Calif. A combat general in World War I, Glassford faced the sternest test of his career when 11,000 ragged, jobless veterans descended on Washington to demand bonuses not due them until 1945. He controlled them with tact and courage while Congress marked time, dug $773 out of his own pocket to buy them food...
Boston, now backfield coach at West Point, replaces J. William (Biff) Glassford, who resigned to become head football coach at the University of Nebraska...
...Sunday Skip Stahley, coach at George Washington and a former Harlow assistant, dropped into Cambridge to visit friends, but apparently left town the next day. Biff Glassford, New Hampshire mentor, was the next caller. He too left for the hills after a short conference with Bingham...
...went on to say what a terrific guy her husband was and how the 16- and 17-year-old infants on his team had mauled everybody they played last fall. At any rate, whoever gets the job--Valpey, Glassford, Jordan, or even Skip Stahley--he will have to get it pretty soon. Time is running...
...publications seem to possess is Biff Glassford's. It must be admitted that the young New Hampshire coach has all the qualifications for the post, even if Bill Bingham is sincere in his present quandary and no living human really knows the identity of the next mastermind on Soldiers Field. The new coach will probably be in his thirties, will be a standout in his present job, and will undoubtedly be unfamiliar to most football fanciers in America...