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...pipe in mouth and a copy of the play in hand, he takes the audience by the arm and points out the simple charms of Grover's Corners. He introduce the Gibb's and the Webbs; Joe Crowell, the paper boy; Howie Newsome, the milkman. He shows you Simno Stimson, the drunkard organist, whose life is like a pathetic symphony with a tragic coda. These are the common folk of "Our Town," brought to life you by a sincere and enthusiastic cast. You may find faults; there are moments when Rowland Bishop's Dr.Gibbs is just a little over pompous...
...President Roosevelt's cabinet appointments last summer included all but one of the following: 1. Stimson for Woodring (War). 2. Jackson for Murphy (Attorney-General). 3. Wickard for Wallace (Agriculture). 4. Walker for Farley (Postmaster General). 5. Knox for Edison (Navy...
...week's end, Secretary of War Stimson hinted that "diplomatic steps" were being taken to assure adequate defense for the "southern anchor" of the new Atlantic defense line. Rumors flew that negotiations with The Netherlands Gov ernment in London were under way for base sites in Dutch Guiana. Curagao. It looked as if President Roosevelt might be getting ready to step from the wings with an announcement...
...pulled up in front of stiffly assembled Army divisions. Eight times the President heard the 21-gun salute followed by ruffles and flourishes; eight times he sat at attention for the national anthem while Old Glory whipped the breeze above regimental colors dipped in salute. With Secretary of War Stimson and Governor Lehman beside him, with General Drum riding in the jump seat, the President looked on at a great show of man power...
Then the President moved on to Ogdensburg to meet his old friend William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada. They met in the railway car Roald Amundsen in the Rome Yard track at Ogdensburg, while the sun beat down unmercifully outside. Only Secretary of War Stimson witnessed the meeting. Outside laborers stuffed huge hunks of ice into the car's air-conditioning system. A few grizzled chickens grubbed aimlessly among the weeds that all but concealed the adjoining tracks. A group of truck drivers idled about the foot of a monument that marks the site of Fort...