Word: normans
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Virginia - a field goal and a first down against the New Deal in the renomination of Representative Howard Worth Smith of Alexandria and the defeat of Representative Norman R. Hamilton of Portsmouth. Mr. Smith's opponent was William E. Dodd Jr., 32, son of Franklin Roosevelt's former Ambassador to Germany, picked to run against Judge Smith by Roosevelt henchmen who consider Judge Smith too independent (he helped delay the Wages & Hours Bill). Candidate Dodd was given a campaign manager from Attorney General Cummings' staff, an endorsement by C.I.O.'s John L. Lewis (whose Alexandria home...
...dynasty. So, as a jovial precedent-breaker, I expect him to try himself." ¶ Senator Holt of West Virginia: "I am sure that those who supported the La Follette anti-third-term resolution during the Coolidge Administration will be very glad to support a similar resolution now." ¶ Cartoonist Norman (William Norman Ritchie) of the Boston Post, more blunt, drew a chortling Franklin Roosevelt unctuously declining a third-term cup of cocoa in the New Deal cafe (see cut). ¶ Recovering with a bounce from his primary defeat, Representative Maury Maverick of Texas wrote a piece for the Philadelphia Record...
Berkshire Symphonic Festival (Thurs. 8:30 p. m., NBC-Blue). Dedication concert for a new Music Shed at Tanglewood, Mass. Boston Symphony conducted by Dr. Sergei Koussevitzky, Cecilia Society Chorus conducted by Arthur Fiedler. Soloists: Soprano Jeannette Vreeland, Tenor Paul Althouse, Contralto Anna Kaskas, Basso Norman Cordon...
...DARK RIVER-Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall - Little, Brown...
...Cautious Amorist, Norman Lindsay wrote a neat little novel recounting in realistic terms what would actually happen to three men and a pretty woman on a desert island. An Australian, an artist and an expert plot-builder, Author Lindsay worked it out plausibly: the three men were soon at each other's throats, each knew himself preferred, and as for the lady, nobody knew what she thought. Illustrating this story with his vigorous sketches, Author Lindsay managed to keep its satire good-natured without dulling its edge. Last week, in Age of Consent, he repeated his performance with another...