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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Several instances of unusual generosity came to the attention of the Committee. In Lowell House a tutor who felt particularly bad about the lot of the German refugees contributed $100. In another house, a student revealed that his mother had read about the drive in a Philadelphia newspaper and had sent a check...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Refugee Committee Drive for Funds Receives Contributions, Commendations by Dignitaries | 12/3/1938 | See Source »

...rather limited legal and judicial experience. He practiced in Seattle for about 11 years, and his other accomplishments (listed by himself in his "congressional Record" autobiography) include the Stage Commandership of the American Legion in 1922, and the fact that he is bachelor, residing with his mother." The recently-defeated Governor Murphy of Michigan, known as the friend of the C.I.O. is anathema to the conservative wing of the Democratic party, which recently gained the upper hand, and his appointment would serve notice of an open split of the Democrats into two angry camps...

Author: By Staff Reporter, | Title: Harvard's Frankfurter Believed Sure for Supreme Court Berth | 12/2/1938 | See Source »

OXON HILL, MD, -- The grief-stricken mother of 18-year-old Mary Brown, convent student kidnaped near her home late yesterday, made another radio appeal to the abductors tonight, pleading with them to "return my child unharmed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Over the Wire | 12/2/1938 | See Source »

Catherine Spiegler, 45-year-old Czechoslovakian-born stenographer with some knowledge of German, English, Slovakian, and Hungarian writes for her mother, her sister Hedwig, and herself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: German Refugee Requests Aid From Surprised Student Here | 12/1/1938 | See Source »

Stratton shot himself accidentally Sunday while hunting near his mother's farm at Greenville, Texas. His physician said the White Sox pitcher went through the operation in good shape and appeared to be recovering...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 11/29/1938 | See Source »

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