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Born in Massachusetts 41 years ago, Mr. Joslin has a round, solemn face, a friendly manner, a figure as plump as Mr. Akerson's. His outlook on government is serious, heavy. Married, father of two sons, he gets fun out of tending a small but elaborate flower garden behind his Chevy Chase home. When President Hoover returns from his Caribbean cruise Mr. Joslin will retire from the Colorado Building's so-called "Brain Trust"* to begin his White House duties...
...trip across the continent to vote at his Palo Alto home?a formality new to the Republican candidate. There he received the returns which, by the greatest electoral college majority in U. S. history, transformed Nominee Hoover into President-elect Hoover. Tears of joy and gladness coursed down his plump cheeks under the California stars. Next came the South American goodwill trip, a prelude of grandeur during which Mr. Hoover tasted the sweets of sovereignty. Back in the U. S. he busied himself with Cabinet carpentry in Florida, fidgeted impatiently. And then that cold, rainy March...
...August 1929 the crowds at the National Air Races in Cleveland tittered with amused wonderment to see a winged windmill plump itself down like a weary old hen in midfield. Since then the U. S. public has known, more or less vaguely, that the weird machine was an autogiro; that it was supposed to rise almost vertically, descend slowly and vertically; that it was undergoing some sort of experiments at the hands of its inventor, Senor Juan de la Cierva and its U. S. promoter, Harold F. Pitcairn, manufacturer of airplanes. But it was still a strange and dubious invention...
...salesman) is away, are found out and have to explain their activities to their wives. To create atmosphere of the gay '90s, old wheezes are cracked, luxurious mustaches are twisted and two ancient steeds-Annie and Katie-gallop to a conflagration on a treadmill. The spectacle of funny, plump Victor Frederick Moore (Princess Charming, Hold Everything) in a fire chief's hat is worth the price of admission...
...much political tribulation. His personal friends urged one candidate while professional Republican politicians urged another for the appointment. Last week the deadlock was broken when the Hoover candidate withdrew and the President, with the goodwill of all sides, appointed a third man as U. S. District Attorney. He was plump, pink, bald, middle-aged George Zerden Medalie, who has a soft, husky voice and gentle brown eyes. Behind District Attorney Medalie's mild exterior, however, was a long and excellent record as a special prosecutor who knew how to send criminals to jail. But what the Senate wanted...