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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Kroll has been the number one disappointment of the year. He has shown signs of a comeback, however, and may snap out of his lethargy and give Harvard and Princeton an eyeful of what he has been known to do. Bud Kast, a starter against F. and M. and Columbia also may see considerable action. Although inexperienced, he is very shifty in an open field and is a good passer. It was his toss to Wolfe that scored against Yale. Joe Arico, fastest man in the backfield, comes nearest to being a climax runner, and may also play...
...mark. Tom Bridge, John Teal, and Al Reeves have all seen service, but Teal, a rangy wingman, had the situation in hand last week. At center Autle Mason, while not measuring up to some of his bigger team-mates, has kept his position securely in hand with his accurate snap-backs...
...distrust begins with Republicans. Heywood Broun had a story about his Republican grandmother, who, when told that raging floods were sweeping New England, snapped: "Democrats!" While never entirely absolving the Democrats when anything goes wrong, Josephson is more inclined to snap: Republicans! First Republican President maker in this book, which covers the period from 1896 to 1919, is Marcus Alonzo Hanna, the Ohio boss credited with electing McKinley and coming the expression: Stand pat! Second Republican President maker is Roosevelt I, who in so far as McKinley's assassin did not make him President, made himself President. He also...
Author of such vocal successes as The Big Brown Bear Went Woof; J'Ever-Hm? I Did! Bitty Buzz; Rachem; Nichavo, Mana-Zucca has also written orchestral pieces, a piano concerto, a raft of piano pieces. Four top-notch publishers- Schirmer, Presser, Fischer, Church-snap up her output, which is steady. Songs & snatches come to her at the piano, in her garden in Miami, where she spends seven months a year, or at her dining table. Soon to be published is another Mana-Zucca work: Spinach and 'Leven Other Funny Children's Songs. Said Mana-Zucca last...
...Grosse Point, Mich, estate, Mrs. Dillman brought Emile Petti's orchestra by plane from Manhattan, tied up the family yacht at the edge of the lawn (which drops into Lake St. Clair), served breakfast on solid gold plates, summoned photographers from all Detroit papers for a mid-afternoon snap-session. Same day dark-eyed Christine was named "Debutante of Today" by the national Debutante Register...