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...offers himself to the nation on a platter of self-contradicting statements and promises. Roosevelt is a brilliant politician, who was pushed by circumstances into the role of a courageous fighter for the underprivileged; who for two years has stalled and backtracked; and who today despite his glib assurances that all is well in the nation, must know that nine million men cannot find jobs because the jobs are not there...
...been so potent in the affairs of men as in the past 14 decades. The years from Anno Domini 1800 to Annum Domini 1940 have been the period in which he has moulded mankind as never before. This flat statement, a shock to many who have long accepted the glib belief that "the world is drifting away from Christianity," was not made by an ignoramus. It was made by Kenneth Scott Latourette. Professor of Missions and Oriental History at Yale University. Three years ago Dr. Latourette started writing a monumental six-volume History of the Expansion of Christianity. He made...
Most successful wildcatter in the U. S. is young, tough Glenn H. McCarthy. His glib boast: he drills wells for nothing (i.e., very cheap), hence can't lose. Dubbed "King of the Wildcatters" by fellow Texans, Glenn was a moderately successful filling-station operator until 1933. Borrowing a rig from a friend, he drilled several failures, then struck in Big Creek and the Conroe field, sold out the latter for $50,000. From there he moved on to Anahuac in Chambers County. Drilling two and a quarter miles north of the centre of a field controlled by the majors...
...Brother Hal Houston Collins, president of Crazy, Stockholder Carr has a strong grip on Texas politics. Accredited with having helped start O'Daniel's Hillbilly Flour Co., Carr helped run the Governor's campaign, remains a close adviser, is sometimes called the power behind the throne. Glib Radiorator Hal plugs Crazy products and O'Daniel doctrine over company-sponsored broadcasts...
...long time 57-year-old Professor Sleator, whose specialties are optics and spectroscopy, has bottled up his irritation when he read glib squibs about spring "beginning" on March 21, or summer "beginning" on June 21. Last week he blew the cork off with a letter to Science captioned "What is Summer?" There is no reason in nature, logic or language, declared Professor Sleator, why the seasons should be bounded by the two equinoxes and the two solstices. He wants summer to be June, July and August; autumn, September, October, November; and so on for winter and spring...