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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...from a belated speech by California's Senator McAdoo at Phoenix, Ariz, in which he ambiguously declared: "I am supporting the Democratic party in California as I am supporting the Demo-cratic party in Arizona and the Demo-cratic party in America." Senator McAdoo's law partner, William H. Neblett, was voting for Republican Nominee Frank Merriam because "Sinclair's program is nothing more than a contest of the unemployed against the employed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: California Finale | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

Sinclair lost another potent vote when Senator McAdoo's law partner, William H. Neblett (see p. 15), announced his switch to Merriam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: No Contest | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

From the law office of McAdoo & Neblett, Colonel William Haynie Neblett hastened to inform the Press: "All she has is a monthly allowance given her by her father. This and all future aid will be denied her if she goes ahead with her wild plan to marry a man whom her father has never seen." From a call on Mrs. McAdoo, who divorced the Senator last summer (TIME, July 30). Colonel Neblett emerged with the news that Ellen had "disappeared," that her mother was "prostrate in bed." Said he : "I don't know where she is but it seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 5, 1934 | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

Early next morning Ellen was home and her "prostrate" mother was protesting: "They were out driving." To put an end to Ellen's drives, McAdoo & Neblett next confiscated her car. Retorted Ellen: "I can walk. And I will walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 5, 1934 | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

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