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...southern Illinois, Mrs. McCormick found husbandmen, after lean years, interested chiefly in farm relief and the tariff not in the League of Nations or the World Court. She spoke of a compromise tariff helpful to farmer and industrialist alike. What made Mrs. McCormick glum was the discovery of a widespread prejudice against a woman in the Senate. Added this was the covert opposition of many Illinois women to her because of what they considered her politically autocratic manner. Said she: "I hope nobody will vote for me simply "because I am a woman or vote against me solely because...
...McCormick felt glum at the prospects, she was not going to admit it to the husbandmen who listened to her speeches nor to the representatives of the press who plied her with questions. She told one and all that her campaigning so far had been "perfectly delightful." After a speech at Carmi, she remarked: "I have spoken to an average of 1,200 persons since I started at Shelbyville last Monday and the reception has been extraordinary." Many of the "1,200" had plowed through deep snow in below zero weather to hear her speak...
...When glum pre-Prohibition workers of Pacific Coast Steel Co. first read upon their checks "These pay checks are made non-negotiable so that employes cannot cash them in saloons" they knew it was the work of William (Pigiron) Piggott, president of the company, bitter and active campaigner against liquor.* Mr. Piggott by the time of his death (TIME, July 29) had built up his Pacific Coast Steel Co. and its subsidiary, Southern California Iron & Steel Co., to an annual capacity of 380,000 tons-40,000 more than Columbia Steel, only complete steel unit west of the Rockies, managed...
...turn, turn, turn, turn!" A brave and his bride once went for a sail And both of them perished in the terrible gale: But all that was heard was a single turn- There was just one beat of the Indian drum. The folks of the village were sad and glum- "Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!" They said to their chief: "What's the matter with the drum?" "Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn!" The big chief smiled: "Smart drum," said he, "Man and his wife, him one, you see." "Turn, turn, turn, turn., turn, turn, turn...
Window blinds were reeled down, lights were snapped out in the crowded courtroom of a Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Court one day last week. On an improvised cinema screen flashed the images of a detective, a stenographer, a glum young man. The young man's lips moved. A loudspeaker blatted: "This summer I robbed 25 homes on my milk route. The loot I got was worth $10,000. . . I have not been beaten nor forced to make this confession...