Word: guilds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Connolly was expected to get the empire in order before the old man died. He amputated radio stations, shuffled executives, chopped the Chicago Herald and Examiner down to tabloid size. But Connolly could not be everywhere at once. When the Herex and Chicago American units of the American Newspaper Guild struck, Connolly put his cool, alert assistant, Jacob ("Gorty") Gortatowsky, at the conference table...
...point reached in the McNutt campaign for the Presidency, which "Oomph Paul" began when he was seven years old. Apparently Mr. McHale had charted last week as "Be-Kind-To-Liberals-Week," for in seven days Mr. McNutt spoke in Lakeland, Fla., in Washington (to the pinko National Lawyers Guild), and to the Janizariat at the Cosmos-each time advocating broad-based, New Deal reform views...
...Guild, the speediest man on the squad; Ross Whittier, an able assistant to Waldstein; Dave Glass, blocking back; and Doug Graham, substitute for McNicol, are the backfield reserves...
...week the Federal Council of Churches issued a special 1939 Armistice Day request: let all its 131,043 constituent and cooperating churches in the U. S. set their bells a-tolling at 11:02 a.m. Object: "A protest against war . . . a prayer for peace." As amen, the North American Guild of Carillonneurs promised that all 50-odd U. S. carillons would also tintinnabulate...
...Mumford is widely known as author of a series of books in architecture and city planning. In architectural criticism he has emphasized the identification of social and architectural values. He helped found the Regional Planning Association of America, was co-founder of the Housing Study Guild, and has served on various public boards in New York