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...thick mist of mystery the film was studied by the La Follette Committee, its staff and a few other officials, but one description was available last week. Written by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Paul Anderson, the story was a clean copyright scoop. Newshawk Anderson, a close friend of Senator La Follette, had unquestionably seen the picture. Some scenes of the riot which left nine men dead or dying...
...America and member of the Third International, addressed a group of Harvard undergraduates Wednesday night. The flag before University Hall, however, remains crimson, not red. On June 18 John L. Lewis will be the principal speaker at the Harvard Business School Alumni Association's annual meeting. This is a "scoop" of the first order, for, next to President Roosevelt, Mr. Lewis is unquestionably the most formidable figure on today's American scene. But we hardly expect that Dean Donham will immediately organize a branch of the CIO on the industrial side of the Charles...
...released as soon as the original had reached the White House. Newshawk Suter's eyes popped. The letter announced Mr. Van Devanter's retirement on June 2 (day after the Supreme Court completes its term). As a parting kindness one oldster was giving another oldster a scoop...
Behind the Headlines (RKO). Reporters who had to compete with Newsflash Broadcaster Eddy Haines (Lee Tracy) agreed that if they threw him out of the window he would scoop them by broadcasting the news all the way to the ground. Mary Bradley (Diana Gibson), the Star's sobsister, had been engaged to him until he sent her to pick out a ring while he beat her to the story of a round-the-world flight. In her opinion he was such an "utter cockroach" that she hired thugs to bar him from a dance hall fire, news of which...
...Ball had not forgotten Newshawk Hadley, gave him a scoop which was not even shared with the Muncie Star and the Indianapolis Star, in both of which the Ball family has interests. The story: "George A. Ball . . . today confirmed the creation of the George & Frances Ball Foundation, charitable trust organized un der the laws of Indiana, and his donation to that foundation of his entire common stockholdings in Midamerica Corp." Directors were Mr. Ball, three members of his family and President Lemuel Arthur Pittenger of Ball State Teachers College. Kept by Mr. Ball were 18,733 of 20,000 shares...