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Novelist Tarkington, one of the kindliest and most helpful writers in the busi ness, soothed and encouraged Suppliant Roberts. Trouble was, he said, that he had the makings of two fine novels, maybe even three or four. Let Roberts write the story of the Quebec expedition first...
When Burton became mayor of Cleveland in 1935, the city was infested with underworld mobs, riddled with police graft. He appointed young Eliot Ness safety director, started a clean-up which had spectacular results. One racketeer it dredged up was Albert Ruddy, who this week was convicted of shaking down building contractors for thousands of dollars during his 20-year reign as a union tsar. Burton earned for Cleveland, once a city shamed by its record of traffic deaths, the National Safety Award in 1939 and 1940. He turned his attention to public health, and this year Cleveland...
These students were registered members of Economics $44 which began classes on June 28 when the S. S. Argentina sailed for the cast coast of South America. The group was headed by Professor Norman T. Ness of Pomona College, California, and was sponsored by the Countess Elaine de Pierrefeu...
Willkie snapped: "I say to him, in all seriousness, that if he, as keynoter of the Republican Party, attempts to put the Republican Party on record as saying what is going on in Europe is none of our busi ness, then we might as well fold up." Minnesota's Republicans forthwith presented Mr. Willkie with his first delegates. ^ Wrote Editor Felix Morley in the Washington Post: "Neutrality has no meaning when such a merciless military machine is in full operation. . . . No country can possibly be indifferent ... all those not actually at war, or poised to strike at the strategic...
...designed. The Army has tested the Johnson rifle, says the Garand is better, has not published enough comparative data to prove or disprove its statement. "Ideal for combat and for battlefield firing," Major General Walter C. Short called the Garand last week, reporting its performance in Army maneuvers. Expert Ness rates the Johnson far above the Garand...