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...lndignant feminists were vexed to discover that Webster's New International sponsors "filly" as a colloquial synonym for "a lively, spirited young girl...
Thinly disguised under the synonym Ottercove, Lord Newspaper-Magnate Beaverbrook appears in Gerhardi's new book, avowedly "pure and unmixed, except for the obvious extravaganza." But Beaver-brook's life has been so rich in extravaganza that the fictitious is not always obvious. Ottercove rides in a Winged Chariot, a comfortable limousine that darts down London streets or rises quietly into the air far above traffic and turmoil. He promises Protegé Dickon (Gerhardi himself in disguise) his greatest evening paper as wedding present, but reneges. He begets a son of Eva, whom he marries...
Married to a synonym for industriousness, Mrs. Herbert Clark Hoover is herself industrious. She spends herself on the Girl Scouts of America, whose national vice president she is. Until April, when she resigned the office, she was also chairman of the Girl Scout board of directors. Miss Sara Louise Arnold, the national Girl Scout president, had been ill and Mrs. Hoover, upon whom President Arnold's work devolved, felt that the chairmanship of the directorate was one job too many...
Chicago. In the city whose name has been a synonym for social war and political billingsgate, Champion Deneen warred upon Robert E. Crowe, the State's attorney of Leopold-Loeb fame and Mayor Thompson's entourage. Deneen and his candidate, Judge John A. Swanson, survived bombs exploded on their doorsteps and routed Crowe utterly. Mayor Thompson had vowed to resign if this happened but, of course, did not resign. The Small-Smith-Thompson-Crowe slogan, "America First," was as thoroughly exposed as the Ku Klux Klan. Libel suits and coroner's inquests were on Thompsonism...
...Lindbergh" is a synonym for aviation, the meaning of which is much more readily understood by the youth of today, therefore why have an aviation week at all? Why not make it "Lindbergh Week" so that the tie between this hero's name and aviation may never be severed...