Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...five Seniors who were elected were: Edward B. Burke '45, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Lowell House; Willard T. Grubb, Jr. '45, of Springfield Illinois and Dunster House; James Heilbrun '45, V-12, of New York City; Kalman Novak '45, of Cambridge and Lowell House; and Louis E. Smart, Jr. '45, NROTC, of Columbus, Ohio...
Died. Rose O'Neill, 69, cartoonist creator of the "Kewpie Doll"; in Springfield, Mo. Exquisitely beautiful daughter of an Irish ne'er-do-well who later retired to a Missouri chasm, the onetime Omaha convent girl became a newspaper cartoonist at 13, in later years attempted serious painting and sculpture, never really learned linear perspective. She copyrighted her epicene homunculus in 1909, after first seeing its teardrop-headed form in a dream. Pirated the world over, the "Kewpie Doll" sold more than 5,000,000 copies, brought its twice-married parent more than...
Posnickety. In Springfield, Mass., Mailman Fred Anthony got a letter from overseas Sergeant Simon Posnick: "I have learned from [my wife] that it has gotten to such a point that [she] says she could kiss you every time you bring a letter from me. You see what a dilemma...
Besides Bishop Manning, there are two other active diocesan bishops of retirement age: Bishop James DeWolf Perry of Rhode Island (72), Bishop John Chanler White of Springfield, Ill. (76). By last week Bishop White had also swung into action. "It is an 'ex post facto' law," he cried. "They cannot pass a law compelling me to retire. Neither Bishop Manning, Bishop Perry nor I contemplate retiring." Neither could the ruling be repealed - at least for five years. But a repeal can be started at the next General Convention, which will meet in 1946 in San Francisco...
...Also publisher in Illinois of the Aurora Beacon-News, Elgin Courier-News, Joliet Herald News, Springfield Illinois State Journal; for six terms (1911-23) an Illinois GOP Congressman, long a utilitycoon...