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Married. Sigourney Thayer, divorced husband of Mrs. Emily O'Neil Davies Vanderbilt Thayer (the first Mrs. William Henry Vanderbilt), son of Rev. Dr. William Greenough Thayer who is headmaster of St. Marks School (Southboro, Mass.); and Mary Van Rensselaer ("Molly") Cogswell, Manhattan socialite; in Manhattan...
TIME: Curt, clear but incomplete. In TIME of March 9, p. 12, paragraph 7, "Late in entering the fight, Commander O'Neil made up for lost time by bringing the full political pressure of his huge organization to bear upon Congress." There is no mention whatsoever of any other veteran group in your entire story. It is time the public of the nation realized that Commander O'Neil and his huge organization do not represent all the World War veterans. In the 1930 national convention of the American Legion, a motion to participate in the fight with the Disabled American...
...Wilbur has given shelter to Petticoat Influence, a comedy by Neil Grant. With the rise of the curtain the play gives every evidence of being a sophisticated comedy of the English drawing-room genre, but before long it may be seen that the author's grasp has caught up with his reach and the play regrettably wanders far a field into the less stimulating realm of force. The perennial vivacity of Helen Hayes does much to propel a vehicle that in spots lacks lubrication, and Henry Stephenson gives the wheels of comedy many a timely flick of the finger...
Late in entering the fight, Commander O'Neil made up for lost time by bringing the full political pressure of his huge organization to bear upon Congress. He virtually ordered the measure repassed over the President's veto and then complained that "a bill more liberal could have been enacted without disturbing national finances...
President Hoover took his defeat with good grace. He announced the Government's loan policy: "Complete priority to applications from veterans who are in need." Commander O'Neil urged legionaries to let those in distress get their money first. Veterans Administrator Hines warned that a full loan on which a veteran paid no interest would virtually eat up the face value of the certificate in the 15 years before it matured. Wall Street recovered from its spasm of fear and began to agree with out-of-town businessmen that a billion dollars deflected into retail trade, into...