Word: richards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Benjamin then ticked off the names of two Communist members of the Alliance executive board and a third who "used to be." He professed surprise when Republican Richard Wigglesworth of Massachusetts ticked off the names of three more...
Moonfaced, blue-shirted Richard Watts Jr. (Herald Tribune), was formerly the H. T's cinema critic. Boyish (Broadway's loudest heigh-hoer of good-looking actresses), he is also thoughtful (Broadway's briskest champion of social-minded plays). Often acute, Watts chiefly errs in being too rhapsodic about what he likes...
...loan made by 16 Manhattan banks started the corporate wheels moving. Then Stockbroker Richard Whitney, now of Sing Sing, a man of no mean financial daring, took over as chairman of the Bond Sales Committee, set out to sell $27,829,500 in 4% fair debentures. But by February 1937 only $20,000,000 of the bonds had been sold and Grover Whalen had to pull a high-pressure stunt out of his black fedora. With the greatest of ease Maestro Whalen invented the Terrace Club, purportedly swank dining & wining place on the fair grounds, with a membership restricted...
Regulars chosen are Thomas M. Cook William C. Murphy, Arthur H. Northrup, Thomas J. O'Toole, John E. Tully, and Payson R. Welff. Melvin H. Rodman, Heinsdieter von Schoenermarck, Keith R. Symon, and Richard N. Thomas are alternates...
...Portland, Ore. pessimism was profound. Wealthy families were reported hoarding food supplies in mountain cabins. Meddling in Europe's affairs was deplored in a newspaper poll, but Portland's leading liberal minister, Unitarian Richard M. Steiner declared: "If war comes, let us move swiftly to make it as short as possible." He proposed giving U. S. food and war supplies to the Democracies gratis...