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Torrid Zone (Warner). As the tough top boss of a U. S. fruit company somewhere in Latin America, Pat O'Brien is plagued by all the annoyances incidental to the culture and timely transport of bananas. He also wrestles grimly with the problems of keeping his tougher assistant (James...
Like all his clan, John Stewart Bryan is tall (6 ft. 3 in.), gregarious, fond of telling dry anecdotes. In his 68 years Publisher Bryan has accumulated many honors: he is president of the College of William & Mary, an overseer of Harvard University, a director of the Southern Railway.
Buxom Mrs. Norton, no tearful, bumbling matron but a toughened politician of Mayor Frank Hague's hard-boiled Jersey City school, well knew what was about to happen. For while her New Deal colleague, ancient Adolph Sabath of Illinois, sat at the head of the long billiard-baized table...
Naming no names, Bank Overseer Crowley let off a blast against the things he believes are responsible for this condition: against the views of Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles that bank credit and investment policies should be liberalized to suit Administration policy; against banks which have increased dividends (from $187...
If an Overseer of the University attends a Wolff review, he is giving his benediction to the tutoring racket. It is bad enough that Harvard is indifferent to the evils; but it is infinitely worse when an official representative condones them. Mr. Bacon's ignorance is hardly a valid excuse...