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...primary. Secretary of Labor James John Davis was toying with the notion of opposing him in that contest. First, Secretary Davis had said: "The pressure upon me is so great I don't see how I am going to get out of running for the Governorship." The "pressure" shifting to a new quarter, he declared last week: "I'm not wholly wedded to this campaign for Governor. The plans of my friends are working out satisfactorily-for Governor or U. S. Senator. Once in this struggle, I'll give Pennsylvania voters plenty to think about." Another candidate...
Last week there joined the ranks of U. S. music patrons President Martin L. Davey of Davey Tree Expert Co. of Kent, Ohio, onetime (1918-21, 1923-29) Congressman, candidate last year for the governorship of Ohio (TIME, March 5, 1928). Claiming no expert musical knowledge but believing that his political experience qualified him as judge, Politician Davey will wager 26 nation-wide radio programs, beginning Jan. 5, that people in the U. S. prefer oldtime melodies to either jazz or classical music. He explained: "My first purpose in putting on this program is to commemorate the golden anniversary...
...more Governors ("Little Six") each selected by one of the "Big Six" from his own country as a representative of local business, industry; fourth, it is envisioned that additional countries may obtain a share in the Bank's capital and each of these may submit four nominees for Governorship from which the Board will choose two Governors...
...children; Charles Kellogg Field, college classmate of the President; James Putnam Goodrich, one-time (1917-21) Governor of Indiana; and, most noteworthy of all, William Joseph Donovan, ardent Hooverite in last year's campaign for whom the President did not find a cabinet position and who refused the governorship of the Philippines. Apparently any Hoover-Donovan breach was all patched...
Among the 99 were Albert Ottinger, defeated Republican candidate for New York's governorship; Editor Oswald Garrison Villard of the pinko-liberal U. S. Nation; Norman C. Chambers, famed pneumatic toolman; Miss Rosemary Bauer, Chicago debutante, Liquid Carbonic heiress; Mrs. Mabel S. Ingalls, Manhattan socialite, niece of John Pierpont Morgan...