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...Secretary Woodring's business with Boss Hague was to find out whether, in return for continued control over WPA and generous Federal patronage, Boss Hague would really turn out his Hudson County vote for Mr. Ely. Boss Hague's answer was to show Secretary Woodring a mammoth, slam-bang political jamboree for Candidate Ely in the Jersey City armory, complete with red-fire, bands, entertainers and an overflow crowd that brought the cheering total to at least 100,000. Franklin Roosevelt's emissary thereupon inserted into his prepared speech a hearty Roosevelt endorsement of Candidate Ely, predicted...
First program is a slam-bang kaleidoscope of the whole country-snatches of history, honky-tonk Chinatown music from San Francisco, sentimental plantation songs from the South, descriptions of Boulder Dam and Bonneville Flats, the U. S. national anthem (La Bannière Par-semèe d'Etoiles}. Three broadcasts are devoted to New York City, describing everything from Harlem's dance halls to Wall Street ("la maison Morgan, voilá guelque chose...
Modern and traditional architecture came slam-bang into dramatic contrast last week between the covers of LIFE. On eleven double-page spreads appeared eight plans for houses, four by "modern"' architects arrayed against four by "traditional"' architects, each pair designed to meet the needs and income of an actual U. S. family. By this presentation LIFE hoped: 1) to inform its readers of how easily any family earning from $2,000 to $10,000 a year can build an efficient, pleasant home; 2) to poll its readers on the relative popularity of the two types of home building...
Although the admirers of Tommy Hitchcock had plenty to crow about (he played his usual slam-bang game), the teamwork of the Greentree side faded under the brilliant strategy of Old Westbury's Stewart Iglehart and the aggressive, precise team play of his mates. From the fourth chukker on, they peppered the Greentree goal-Mike Phipps scoring six times, Cecil Smith eight, Stewart Iglehart two-in a display of well-balanced polo that has seldom been matched anywhere. Greentree, conspicuously outmounted but making exciting play of it until the final gong, scored only seven goals. Experts wondered whether...
...file. Credit for blending this grounded mental conflict with the melodrama of wings in the air, screaming struts and whining motors goes to Director Victor Fleming (Captains Courageous). Not the least of his accomplishments was to exact performances that verge on reality from pert, actressy Myrna Loy and loud, slam-bang Clark Gable. From amenable, sandy Spencer Tracy, currently cinema's No. 1 actors' actor, Director Fleming got what he wanted without coaxing...