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Reason. The gigantic machine that Huey Long had built careened from scandal to scandal, as solemn John H. Overton gave way to independent, Huey-worshipping James Noe, as Noe gave way to paunchy Dick Leche, and Leche resigned for Huey's brother Earl, Sam Jones's fortunes improved: he built a $30,000 house in Lake Charles (population now: 30,000), fathered a son and a daughter. Settling-up time had come for the Long machine. A photographer from the New Orleans' States got a picture of a State University truck being used to haul building supplies...
...members of the House including associates and faculty men may exhibit. Judges will be Overton H. Tayler, assistant professor of Economics, John D. Wilson, Theodore H. Granger '40, and Robert Morris of the Harvard Film Service...
...Lampoon, Harvard's in-and-out humorous publication, last night announced the following additions to its officers for next year: George Overton '40, narthex, George Shortlidge '40, secretary, Benjamin Ferris '40, treasurer, Robert Graves 40, advertising manager, and Norman Richards '40, assistant circulation manager...
Same day Mr. Willkie began his testimony in Washington, it was illustrated in Memphis. There the negotiations between the city power commission and National Power & Light Co. for the city's purchase of Memphis Power & Light Co., for which Mayor Watkins Overton has offered $13,500,000, were taken out of the mayor's hands by an intransigent bloc of commissioners steered by Democratic Boss Ed Crump. Unless M. P. & L. cut its price for the electric system and agreed to cut gas rates as well, ultimatumed Boss Crump's men, "we are going to build...
...From a strictly Lehman's point of view, it Lucas to me as it neither side will Dewey as well as it hopes. The time not being Langer, they didn't seem to Vanderbilt a Nice machine. Pause a Wiley. Did E Plan to Cross Overton the other party? The result is that the Democrats will be Luckey to Caraway the state, and they may get Nye votes...