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Died William Winston ("Bill") Roper, 53, Princeton's famed retired football coach, Philadelphia city councilman since 1920, branch manager of Prudential Insurance Co.; of a blood infection; in Philadelphia. Dynamic and eloquent, he adhered to no school or style of play, preached spirit and opportunism, taught his men not to fall on fumbled balls but to pick them up and run, decried football publicity when his teams had bad years, wrote football articles galore in good years...
Between Secretary of Commerce Roper and NRAdministrator Johnson have arisen differences (both of principle and personality). They took visible form last week in the Swope Plan for putting NRA more under civilian control (see p. 10). As General Johnson flew West on an inspection and explanation tour. Washington talked again about his soon resigning...
...away from home. . . . Not necessary to carry a dinner coat. With these instructions in their pockets, 13 of the Administration's more festive set flew out of Washington to Atlanta. Aboard the plane were Comptroller of the Currency O'Connor. Director for Air Regulation Vidal, Richard Roper, son of the Secretary of Commerce, Oilman James A. Moffett of the NRA and roly-poly little Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Silliman Evans, onetime Fort Worth newspaperman, who organized the junket. At At lanta, Postmaster General Farley and RFC Chairman Jesse H. Jones were picked up. Variously billed as "The Democratic...
Dartmouth: r.e., Johnson (Young); r.t., Bennett (Mogel); r.g., Cameron (Cole, Hinman); c., Ray Johnson; l.g., Gribbon (Hulton, Wallemus); l.t., Otis (Long, Kollecky); l.e., Merill (Montee, Hopewood); q.b., Lefebore (Handrahan, Lowder); r.h.b., Geniawicz (April, Roper); l.h.b., Conti (Keenan, Curtis); f.b., Whitaker...
Exuberant young Democrats from 30 states met last week in Kansas City under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee. After listening to speeches by Postmaster General Farley, Secretary of Commerce Roper, Missouri's Governor Park and Indiana's Governor McNutt, they revolted against prepared addresses by their elders, limited them to ten minutes each. Likewise they threw off the national committee's yoke to pick their own officers for the Young Democratic Clubs of America...