Word: lot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Benson looks like a scant 30. Four years out of a country bank, he is totally devoid of egotism, pomposity, or malice. These qualities, with his transparent honesty and his spotlessly clean personal record, did as much as any other factors to win his election. You will hear a lot more of Elmer Benson in the next few years. GERALD R. ASFALG...
According to Composer Foster's Biographer John Tasker Howard (Stephen Foster: America's Troubadour), the dwelling at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village was not built when Foster was born in 1826 but erected later on a lot once belonging to Foster's father near the real Foster Homestead. The homestead, since demolished, was, according to best authorities, replaced by the building now called Pittsburgh's Stephen Foster Memorial Home. Nevertheless, the Greenfield Village guidebook still lists its Foster cottage as the Foster birthplace. Says Henry Ford: "There is no doubt of the genuineness...
When President Roosevelt got down to work, there was a lot to do and only ten days to do it in. Next week, he announced, he would go to Charleston, board the fast cruiser Indianapolis and probably speed under forced draft all the way to Buenos Aires to make a speech at the opening session of the Pan-American Peace Conference. Meantime he saw his Cabinet, consulted Budget Director Bell, for a Budget has to be made up before Congress convenes on Jan. 5. To questions of newshawks about new Cabinet members, he answered by saying all that would have...
...drive a "steamer," helped devise the first self-starter. In 1913 he landed a job as sales engineer for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. Standard now operates 12,000 trucks and 4,000 cars, second largest fleet in the U. S.* Jack Winchester is manager of the lot. He is also president of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association, vice president of the American Trucking Association. Three years ago, Truckman Winchester conceived the idea of a national truck show, got Standard Oil and several truck makers to sponsor the first one in a Newark armory. Last week, as automobilemen...
WATERFRONT CLUB--Joe Kent and his five troubadors are the latest rave in Vincent Club circles. The intriguing murals are vaguely reminiscent of Gloucester, England. The lobster thermidor is delicious. A very snappy floor show has been imported from Paris. Lot Mr. Cruso reserve you a tabic...