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...steadily expanded from 21 bureaus serving 267 clients, to 104 serving more than 1,350. Although it was never possible for both of them to get away from the job for much fun together, the team of Hawkins & Howard was inseparable at work. They bought neighboring houses at suburban Pelham, each put a son in the business.* When Howard went over to manage the Scripps papers in 1921, Hawkins succeeded logically to the UP presidency. It was not much more than two years before speedy Pitcher Howard was calling for Shortstop Hawkins, who became vice chairman & general executive manager...
...Gangsters Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell were captured by federal agents under the personal direction of Department of Justice head (1 Grover Whalen, 2 William Burns, 3 Ellis Parker, 4 Pelham D. Glassford, 5 J. Edgar Hoover...
...reorganize its demoralized police department, Phoenix, Ariz, last March hired on a go-day contract Brig. General Pelham D. Glassford, onetime Washington, D. C. police chief, made famed by his tactful handling of the 1932 Bonus Army. Last week frank, efficient General Glassford finished his tour of duty, reported on his discoveries about Phoenix vice in an extraordinary letter to the city's officials, ministers and social service clubs. Excerpts...
Brig. General Pelham Davis Glassford, superintendent of the District of Columbia police during the 1932 Bonus March (TIME, Aug. 8, 1932), began a 90-day reorganizing job as police chief of Phoenix, Ariz., where he has run a small wheat & alfalfa ranch since his retirement from Washington three months after the Bonus Marchers withdrew...
William J. Moore '38 of Pelham Manor, New York, was second and will manage the Freshman team next year. He prepared at Bronxville High. Robert E. Kline '38 of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, will be manager of all House teams. He prepared at Exeter...