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Birthday. The late Robert Louis Stevenson; his goth; observed by Annie H. Ide Cockran, widow of Tammany Orator Bourke Cockran. Stevenson formally deeded it to her when she was a little girl because she was "born out of all reason on Christmas day" and hence "denied the consolation and profit...
William T. Pheiffer, 42, Republican, of New York's famed Gashouse (16th) District, beat James H. Fay, New Dealer, who purged Old Dealer John J. O'Connor in 1938. Pheiffer and Republicans were stunned by his victory. Pheiffer was unknown, a Texan, a lawyer, a 21-month Republican...
> Among inmates of Sing Sing who were given "special privilege" to listen to radioed election returns: Tammany Hall's James J. Hines; New York Stock Exchange's Richard Whitney.
Last week Bertrand Russell (Earl Russell in England) found a roost. His U. S. odyssey had taken him to University of California at Los Angeles, where he taught last year, to Harvard, where he lectures this autumn, and to the College of the City of New York, where his appointment...
Twenty years ago last week a tall, hard-working Democrat of 38 was in the midst of a speechmaking campaign throughout the U. S. No vast crowds attended his meetings, no swarms of reporters hung on his words. The atmosphere was heavy with the powerful speeches of William Borah and...