Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most popular mourner naturally was Governor Gordon Browning, who will appoint Senator Bachman's successor. Governor Browning, elected last autumn with the support of Boss Edward Hull Crump of Memphis (TIME, Aug. 17), had had his own eye on Senator Bachman's seat, which was occupied by Cordell Hull until he moved into the Cabinet. Gordon Browning, in fact, lost the seat to Nathan Bachman in the primaries of 1934. Knowing that the public does not like a Governor who resigns in order to be appointed to the Senate, he firmly announced last week that he would...
...preparing a brotherly welcome for Nazi Air Minister Colonel-General Hermann Goring who was all set for a cozy three-hour chat. Because the meeting was "unofficial" no communique was published by II Duce but the capitals of Europe were soon buzzing with reports that Italy had promised to support eventual Nazi domination in Austria; that the two bigwigs had talked freely about their most pressing common problem, Spain; had discussed schemes for helping each other to achieve "economic independence...
...renewal, Commissioner Moss suddenly summoned producers and entertainers from the city's 14 burlesque houses to his office, asked them to show cause why they should be permitted to continue making a living out of naked women and dirty jokes. Press and pulpit rallied to his support. His Eminence Patrick Cardinal Hayes inveighed against "these disgraceful and pernicious performances," and the Jews and Protestants agreed. President Thomas J. Phillips of the Burlesque Artists Association of the U. S. lost no time in sounding off in defense of the industry. "The first girl I ever spoke to in a theatre...
...director of the Sun company. Present management of the Sunpapers, headed by President Paul Patterson, has sought to make the Sun and the Evening Sun separate journalistic entities, although national advertising may be inserted in both morning and evening issues at a single rate. Unwilling to support either candidate in last year's Presidential election, both Suns are liberal, but somewhat leery of the New Deal. Respected abroad and an integral part of the civic scenery at home, with a brand-new Pulitzer Prize for their trophy room (see p. 41), the two Suns step off into their second...
Reports from college campuses indicate that the Oxford Oath not "to support the government of the United States in any war it may conduct" was somewhat more popular than it was in previous years. Tied up with the peace strike were protests against dictatorships and enemies of academic freedom, and resolutions for the outlawing of military training...