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...alertness and dispatch of the Columbia Broadcasting System in sending the whole nation an account of the Zangara shooting by one who witnessed it at Miami surpass even Fred W. Mizer's unnewshawkliness in failing to recount the affair as it was happening to the audience of WQAM, 1,000-watts (TIME...
...House, after it had heard the news by word of mouth, continued in session an hour to receive the President's message. It read: "It is my painful duty to inform you of the death today of Calvin Coolidge. . . . There is no occasion for me to recount his eminent services. . . . His entire lifetime has been one of single devotion to our country. . . ." Then the House, too, adjourned...
...proceeded to elect their three Vice-Speakers, were told that Socialist Paul Loebe and People's Partyman Otto Hugo had tied for the third Vice-Speakership. To break this tie the two men drew lots from a bowl. Just at that moment the official tellers announced that a recount showed there had been no tie, awarded the third Vice-Speakership to astonished Dr. Loebe who had lost the draw...
...after, a recount of the votes for Fredric March showed that his performance in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde had beaten Wallace Beery's in The Champ by only one vote. Academy rule says the margin must be two or more. The dilemma was solved by ordering another gold statuet for Wallace Beery...
...towheaded, horse-fancying son of the then chairman of Marshall Field & Co.. thought he had won the Republican nomination for Congress in the Suburban loth ("North Shore") district. In May the official count gave the nomination to State Representative Ralph Church by 73 votes. A recount failed to change the outcome. Mr. Simpson took his case to court, was last week declared winner by 45 votes. Candidate Church announced he would run independently in November on the issue of whether Nominee Simpson should "be sent to Congress to stifle the investigation of the two-billion-dollar Insull wreckage," Candidate...