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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Happy last September was Simon Moulton Hamlin, lantern-jawed, 240-lb. strawberry farmer, when Maine's First District elected him its first Democratic Congressman in some 70 years. Happy was he last month when, at 68, he married the only woman who had ever been a census supervisor in Maine. Arriving in Washington a week later he happily informed interviewers that he had no intention of abiding by the House tradition of silence for first-termers. Twanged he: "I'm almost always foolish enough to speechify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Chairman & Cockroaches | 1/28/1935 | See Source »

Hupmobile began the year with a radically aerodynamic model and a brand new president, William J. McAneeny, onetime head of Hudson. Just before Hupp's Chairman Archie Moulton Andrews hired him, Mr. McAneeny gained Detroit's gratitude by securing waivers from the big depositors in defunct First National Bank, thus permitting a 100% payoff to all accounts of $300 or less. Most distinctive feature of the new Hupmobile is its headlights, which, while a part of the body, are carried in outline straight back into the cowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Show | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

...final opportunity. Those who saw Miss Cornell's performance can go without fear that they will be too greatly disappointed, for in the screen version the emphasis has been shifted from Elizabeth Barrett to her harsh, perverted father, and although Norma Sheerer is no Cornell, Charles Laughton as Edward Moulton-Barrett is convincing enough for anyone...

Author: By R. C., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

Some unfortunate people were unable to see Edward Moulton-Barrett rule his large family in Wimpole Street last-week since they were struggling to become cogs in the Harvard machine. Loew's Orpheum has been kind enough not only to offer them a second chance, but to give us another occasion to make some more comments; they have held the Barretts over for a second week...

Author: By A. A. B. jr., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/13/1934 | See Source »

Some unfortunate people were unable to see Edward Moulton-Barrett rule his large family in Wimpole Street last week since they were struggling to become cogs in the Harvard machine. Loew's State has been kind enough not only to offer them a second chance, but to give us another occasion to make some more comments; they have held the Barretts over for a second week...

Author: By A. A. B. jr., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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