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Peek of Polo. Milo Reno, who hates Secretary Wallace as one of the fathers of the AAA, has high regard for AAA's Administrator George Nelson Peek. "He's the squarest shooter in the Agriculture Department," says Mr. Reno. "Milo Reno," Administrator Peek replies, "is a very sincere fellow. As to his objectives, we all think the same as he does, but as to his methods, I think there is room for great difference of opinion...
...toward Negroes a laboratory attitude, disinterested, refreshing. Volatile Author Morand reflects it in these stories. One of them, "Good-bye, New York!," tells of an exotic beauty who starts out on a de luxe cruise around Africa. She and her maid occupy the royal suite. Her emeralds are the squarest, her mink the darkest. She speaks to only one fellow-passenger, a Bostonian, whom she takes suavely for her lover. A gossiping busy-body spots her as a Negress "passing" for white, horrifies a huddle of dowagers with the news...
Percy Hammond: You can attend Chains and not feel that your Intelligence has been dishonored. . . . By far the squarest of this season's American plays...
Appearance. He is slightly under six feet in height, of a heavy, compact build, with enormously broad shoulders. His face is full and oval, his jaw " one of the squarest and most determined in the United States," with a friendly, boyish and disarming smile. His forehead is high and broad. He has a great shock of brown hair reminiscent of Bryan in his youth. He is described as " a cross between William Jennings Bryan and James J. Jeffries...
...CRIMSON competition, which starts today, has the general reputation of being one of the stiffest and at the same time one of the squarest of all the College competitions. The CRIMSON is proud of this reputation. The man who goes out for the editorial, news or business end will not regret the time and energy he gives to the work...