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...Well-favored Helenans, whose civic vigor TIME salutes, misconstrued the intended meaning of "eke out." Its irony, TIME supposed, was as plain as Helena's backyard Mt. Ascension and Mt. Helena. Whether second richest U. S. city or not is something for Helena to fight out with such claimants as Winston-Salem, N. C., Pasadena, Calif., Greenwich, Conn., Dallas, Texas, Washington...
...uniformly excellent cast has made the best of this poor script. Franchot Tone was a treat; his acting had vigor and was convincing. A few more performances should overcome the few Hollywood histrionics left in his performances. Lee Cobb may be called the conscience of the drama. He conveys the futility and emotional vehemence of a man fighting for his ideals. Everywhere he is frustrated; at times, sad to relate, by the script itself which does not permit an adequate expression of his pent-up spleen...
...talking about aid to Finland. He was talking about Prohibition (as he always has on this date since 1920). "We cannot continue," he cried, "to pour nearly 2,000,000,000 gallons of alcoholic drink every year into the veins of our democracy and expect it to retain the vigor and efficiency so vitally necessary in these critical times." Then he sat down. (Manifestations of applause in the galleries...
Proposal. Whether the Senator's diagnosis was the correct one, the next few minutes suggested to many an appalled observer that something had certainly sapped democracy's vigor. Read to the Senators was President Roosevelt's modest proposal for a small loan to Finland. It was not the only one to reach them. Youngish, independent Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan (pop. 4,800,000) had proposed an outright loan of $60,000,000, but no action had been taken...
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 14 (UP)-At a Massachusetts Institute of Technology meeting which was almost without incident, Communist Earl Browder told a capacity audience today that by a modern miracle the League of Nations " has risen from the tomb and speaks with a boldness and vigor it never had when alive...