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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some time this week LaGuardia and Dewey would be guests of honor at a luncheon of the Harvard Club. "Notifications," he said, "are now being sent out to all Harvard alumni living in New York City, and officials of the Harvard Club are making preparations for one of the largest turnouts in recent years...
...preside over the activities of what its 440,000 members pride themselves on as the largest women's organization in the world, members of the American Legion Auxiliary elected Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, wife of a Washington State Superior Court judge. With her sash and diamond-&-platinum presidential pin, Mrs. Douglas accepted the responsibility of outdistancing her predecessor, Mrs. Oscar W. Hahn of Lincoln, Neb. (who traveled more than 50,000 mi. on the organization's expense account during her year in office), and set off at once with Legion officials to tour French battlefields and dedicate War memorials...
Before he descended from the pulpit of Newark's Second Presbyterian Church to go into politics, Dr. Clee had organized two of the largest adult Bible classes in the U. S. He became Speaker of the State House of Representatives, in 1935 forced repeal of a State sales tax for relief money. Macmillan will publish Dr. Glee's The Preacher in Politics this month. Stocky, eloquent, liberal in both his ecclesiastical and political opinions, Dr. Clee will campaign on a platform of clean government and economy. Whether or not he is elected Governor in November may depend largely...
Cotton. Since the bulk of U. S. cotton must be marketed abroad, this year's crop of 16,098,000 bales, fifth largest in history and biggest since 1931. may be difficult to sell in markets glutted by a record world production of 35,600,000 bales. As a result, cotton prices fell to the lowest in four years-87? a lb. Nonetheless, with a subsidy of 3? a lb. on 65% of the ''base'' production of 16,000,000 bales the farm value of the new crop will be some...
...remodeled theatre, is still packing in its 1,500 patrons, has become probably the best-known nightclub in the U. S. Last week, as 100,000 visiting Legionaries romped through the streets, they found scores of nightspots where the rich pickings were mutual. If they wanted the very largest, very latest thing, they trooped into the just-opened International Casino, "world's largest'' night club (capacity...