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...immigrant who lost a leg and made his fortune in . the logging industry, then served in the state legislature. Pearl was through normal school and was teaching by the time she was 18. At 24 she became a county school superintendent, and then, after her marriage to Civil Engineer Lemuel A. Wanamaker, she followed her father into the legislature...
...life and times (BE "CAPTAIN COOK'S" GUEST, shouted the headlines). State fairs beseeched his appearance. Publishers begged him to write cookbooks. In a New York delicatessen, the proprietor refused to let him leave without a 3-ft. gift roll of salami. But from Marine Corps Commandant Lemuel Shepherd Jr. came the most important response of all: Captain Richard S. McCutchen, USMC, was ordered to Washington to review the sunset parade and dine (on roast beef) amid the general's shimmering crystal. That almost equaled $64,000 (net $32,850) any time...
...commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and his wife, Mrs. Esther Smith, pinned the four stars of a full general on his spare shoulders, and his three-star flag as commander, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, was struck. "By your inspiring leadership and steadfast courage," wrote Marine Commandant General Lemuel Shepherd Jr. in a warm farewell message, "the marines under your command achieved a record which stands with the most illustrious fighting units in our country's history...
...Died. Lemuel Ayers, 40, top stage (Pajama Game, Camino Real) and screen (Meet Me in St. Louis) set and costume designer, Broadway co-producer (Kiss Me Kate) ; after long illness; in Manhattan...
...trigger-tempered Boss James B. Carey peppered the company with shouts of "chiseling," called its offers a "sham" and "an obvious trap." Once, in a crescendo of rage, he bellowed that G.E. was an "aid and ally" of the Communists. Usually G.E.'s negotiator, Vice President Lemuel P. Boulware, gave every bit as good...