Word: marsh
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...succeed volcanic Leon Henderson as Price Boss (see above), Franklin Roosevelt last week chose a man who seldom erupts: able, steady, slow-burning Senator Prentiss Marsh Brown of Michigan, 53, a Democrat and-through no fault of his own-a lame duck. Senator Brown did not want the job: after his defeat by Michigan's popular Judge Homer Ferguson last month (TIME, Nov. 16), he was ready to go back home to resume his law practice. But when the White House put the job up to him as a patriotic duty, conscientious Prentiss Brown had no choice...
Michigan voters were embarrassed by their riches. For Senator they had to choose between statesmanlike Democrat Prentiss Marsh Brown, generally rated one of the dozen ablest men on Capitol Hill, and famed racket-busting Republican Judge Homer Ferguson, a great & good public servant. For Governor, they had their choice of big, able, incumbent Democrat Murray Delos Van Wagoner, or big, able Republican Secretary of State Harry F. Kelly, one of the most popular politicos Michigan ever...
Professor Marsh's critical letter to the editor (TIME, Sept. 28) on the inadvisability of using rubber panties as a gas mask was very thorough and correct except for one thing. During a gas attack, he advocates staying indoors and lying on the floor with head in arms. Since all war gases are heavier than air they descend to the lowest level possible, and in this case the lowest level in the room is the floor. It would seem that a better position would be to sit or stand in the room. STEPHEN E. ULRICH 1st Lieut., C.W.S. Chicago...
...Against Bloc. But in the Senate there was a man with the courage of conviction, a man from a heavily agricultural State, and worse, a man running for reelection this year, Prentiss Marsh Brown of Michigan, 53, a Democrat. Senator Brown set himself in the path of the farm-bloc juggernaut. The 250-odd farm lobbyists had the votes-but Senator Brown had logic and virtue on his side...
That night, Wakefield boarded a 43-ft. schooner for an overnight fishing trip. After dinner his daughter Pamela clambered into the dinghy and accidentally cast herself adrift without oars. Wakefield hauled up anchor and sailed after the girl but only went hard aground. The dinghy drifted on into a marsh while Wakefield frantically waved red flares for help and SOS'd till the batteries were dead. Nobody came. Pamela stumbled through the marsh to the home of a vacationing Coast Guardsman and next morning returned with him to the stranded yacht...