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...female Democrat in her stead. The news leaked out. Opposition from all quarters, especially from U. S. Army officials, who considered her post inviolate from patronage, forced "General" Farley to drop his candidate. Last fortnight the Army and Navy Journal charged that James A. Farley was still out to oust Postmistress Harrington...
...Stern and his bustling Record (circulation: 221,927). When the Paternõtres sold out for $15,000,000 cash last week, the Inquirer had a daily circulation of 277.994, nearly 700,000 on Sundays. (Peak circulation, in 1934: 295,735.) Philadelphia newsmen guessed that the new management would oust Publisher Tyler and oldtime Editor John T. Custis, keep most of the staff...
Announcing in Manhattan last week that he and Dr. Francis E. ("The Plan") Townsend had joined forces to oust President Roosevelt from office, Rev. Gerald L. K. ("Share-the-Wealth") Smith declared: "Last Saturday night Dr. Townsend and I stood under the historic arch in Valley Forge and vowed to take over the Government...
...Container met price cut with price cut, depending on big sales volume to make money. President Paepcke thought that quantity would be his company's salvation. But to conservative Boxmaker Brunt, whose credo was quality, the Paepcke policy seemed all wrong. Stubborn, he started a proxy fight to oust his young boss, lost in 1931. Accepting a lump-sum settlement for his salary contract, Brunt...
...sociologist to realize what potential value it has in governmental affairs. True, sociology has been in bad odor because of many newly-arrived uninformed, often unscrupulous Washingtonites who have masqueraded under its colors. A primary duty, then, of any university is to send forth fully-equipped men who can oust political pretenders from their positions, fakers who apply the term "social" to any personal cerebration whether it is for the public welfare...