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...entirely friendly" spirit, New York's James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., only Congressman who has been a Senator (1915-27), advanced himself last week as a rival to Massachusetts' Joe Martin as a candidate for Minority Leader of the House. Because, said he, "I feel that the course to be followed by the Republican minority . . . during the next two years is of vital importance." Western Congressmen think neither he nor Joe Martin deserves the Leadership, since the main Republican gains of the last election were made in other States (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Michigan). Their candidate: Carl Mapes of Michigan...
Died. Monroe ("Mun") Barrow, 58, father of Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis Barrow; in the Searcy Hospital for the Insane at Mount Vernon, Ala. Father Barrow had been hospitalized since 1911 but married Champion Louis' mother during an absence from the hospital. The Barrow family, who have quietly kept up relations with the father, allowed the story to circulate that his whereabouts were unknown, that he probably died years ago. Reported to be a prized possession of Father Barrow was an autographed picture: "To my father, Monroe Barrow, from his son, Joe Louis Barrow." Champion Louis' relatives last...
John Gelvin, Gene Keith, Red Navin, Jack Penson, Les Pitchford, and Ed Rothschild give the squad a wealth of height which was lacking last year. Ed Buckley, John Flint, Mike Rice, John Righy, and Joe Romano are some of the other men who have faced the Varsity in the past few days...
...enter the Congress with his International Ladies Garment Workers (TIME, Nov. 21). Many another believed the existence of a "permanent" rival would chasten A. F. of L.'s more pugnacious leaders and make the Federation "see light." Some of the younger Leftist militants (chiefly Longshoreman Harry Bridges, Sailor Joe Curran) wanted Leader Lewis to go beyond his stand for Peace with Honor, appeal directly to A. F. of L. rank & filers to override William Green and re unite on C. I. O. terms. Mr. Lewis neatly suppressed that move. Then he permitted every union president worth mentioning, Bridges & Curran...
Their own candidate for Congress was Charles Roxborough, Negro, brother of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis' comanager, John Roxborough. Governor Frank Murphy thought well enough of Dr. Ten to be photographed during the campaign handshaking...