Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seniority: Chicago's diligent old Adolph J. Sabath. But Mr. Sabath, 72, is not forceful. Gossip in Washington last week was that he might be asked, as a good New Deal soldier, to step aside and let a stronger man take the great Rules chair -perhaps a veteran drafted from some other committee like California's Lea (Interstate & Foreign Commerce), New York's Cullen (No. 2 on Ways & Means, Tammany manager in the House, but tractable), or Virginia's Drewry (Democratic Congressional Committee). In Chicago, Mr. Sabath, who was born in what later became Czechoslovakia, hopefully...
Brown pins her hopes of victory on the experience of a veteran team. The starting line-up will be composed of four seniors and seven juniors. All men have previously played in the Harvard Stadium, thus eliminating the chance of jitters which ruin so many potentially good clubs. In addition to that, the few reserves that there are have shown themselves to be capable men. In an address to the Boston Alumni, Coach McLaughry estimated a toss-up game. He said that Brown will flash a new brand of football this year because of the stellar backs that...
Their man for National Commander was a locally distinguished Seattle attorney, Stephen F. Chadwick, 44, son of a late Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, veteran of the brave but futile U. S. Siberian Expeditionary Force of 1918. Legionnaire Chadwick was chosen because: 1) in calibre he was considered several cuts above some of his recent predecessors; 2) The Kingmakers thought his selection would finally squelch the Legion's No. 1 Pretender and rebel, Detroit's Corporation Counsel Raymond J. Kelley. Last week Pretender Kelley and every other rival candidate withdrew without firing a word. With King...
...American Legion Convention in Los Angeles proceeded the "Little Flower," veteran of a War-time bombing squadron, retired as a Major. Superpatriots protested against his attending because he has a confessed Communist in his administration (Simon Gerson) and is a member of the American Labor Party...
Mothers and Sons (Mosfilm). Veteran Director V. Pudovkin turns his attention to Soviet aviation. Players include E. Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya (as the Mother), J. Stalin (as local color...