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...Launching his campaign for reelection, California's 74-year-old Senator William Gibbs McAdoo produced a two-months-old letter beginning "Dear Mac." signed by Franklin Roosevelt. Its purport: "I earnestly hope that you will run again...
...with hearings on the Celler Bill scheduled for this week, Senator Bone's Interstate Commerce subcommittee beat the lower house to the punch by opening rival hearings on the Chavez-McAdoo Government Station Bill. The proposal is similar to the Celler Bill, except that it places the station in San Diego, Calif.; jumps Representative Celler's $700,000 construction and $50,000 maintenance ante to $3,000,000 and $100,000; omits specific provisions for domestic broadcasting; gives the Secretary of State responsibility for programs...
Interest in the Senate hearings was so slight, however, that Senator Bone was the only member of his subcommittee present. Undaunted, Dennis Chavez, whom Co-Sponsor William Gibbs McAdoo credits with originating the bill, emphasized the importance of San Diego as the station site. He explained that San Diego would click with Latin-American audiences on account of its Spanish name, that a station at the San Diego Naval Base would be useful to the Navy...
...just as Planner Townsend was about to give himself into the hands of a U. S. Marshal to begin his term, word came that Franklin Roosevelt had lent a sympathetic ear to Senator McAdoo, had pardoned Planner Townsend. Apparently not in the least crestfallen at losing a month's privacy and martyrdom, Dr. Townsend said: "It is complete vindication and an act of contrition on the part of Congress...
Divorced. Ellen Wilson McAdoo de Onate, 22, fourth daughter of California's Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and granddaughter of the late Woodrow Wilson; from Rafael Lopez de Onate, 41. Philippine-born cinemactor; in Los Angeles. Charge: nonsupport...