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...weighs 230 lb. and stands six foot three) won the respect alike of lovers and haters of the New Deal. In Washington he has been noted for two peculiarities, one literal, the other figurative: his flat feet and his level head. Last week at the time his article in Satevepost was doing a favor to Old Dealer Dawes, Jesse Jones was in Philadelphia, receiving an LL.D. from Temple University and doing a favor to the New Deal by expounding a practical man's reasons for supporting it. Said...
Cities Gassed? In 1931 Biographer Emil Ludwig published in the Satevepost a scarehead article in which he stated: "Twelve big bombs of Lewisite gas dropped on Berlin or Chicago would be enough to destroy all life in those cities." Chemical officers jumped on this statement as utter nonsense. Author Prentiss points out that to lay down any sort of effective (not lethal) contamination it would be necessary to deposit 10 Ib. of vesicant liquid on every...
When George Horace Lorimer began to work for Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis in 1898, the Satevepost had a scant 1,800 readers. Under the Lorimer editorship, the Post's circulation was to pass 2,900,000, its revenues $52,300,000. In 1929, a 272-page Post bent the newsstands of the land. In that same year, Mr. Lorimer's salary was $133,399. Depression lowered the great advertising medium's income. Last year saw Satevepost advertising again on the upswing. The magazine took in $22,045,333.50, paid Mr. Lorimer $100,000 for editing...
...months ago Runner Gene Venzke sold an article to the Saturday Evening Post, asked permission to accept a check for $400. The Amateur Athletic Union refused, said the Satevepost might donate the money to charity. Last week the A. A. U. named the charity: the U. S. Olympic Committee, which will pay $400 to get Runner Venzke to Berlin & back...
...Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the small marble chapel stands opposite Mrs. Harris' old home, "In the Valley." Present for the dedication were Hamilton Holt and Managing Editor John Paschall of the Atlanta Journal, which published her last work. Editor George Horace Lorimer of the Satevepost sent a literary tribute which was read. He also editorialized in last week's Post: "Long may the memory of Corra Harris remain green. Long may pilgrims visit her exquisite little chapel and behold her simple homestead, still open to visitors, set off against the background of stately trees that...