Word: w
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...W. C. Wingo of Memphis, Tenn. put a headlight on his electric mower and began cutting his lawn at night. This made him miss his favorite radio programs. So he equipped the mower with a radio...
...Baltimore Sun was backing John W. Davis for President, and needed a political cartoonist with punch. From the Brooklyn Eagle, the Sun borrowed young (25) Edmund Duffy for three months. That was in 1924, and the dapper Duffy never went back to Brooklyn. He now shares the record (with Rollin Kirby) of winning three Pulitzer Prizes for cartoons. Last week Duffy decided to quit the Sun. He wanted a vacation-and would spend it mulling over some better offers that had been waved under his nose...
...takes Duffy only an hour to draw one of his bold, blunt cartoons. He spends the rest of his time in the office sharpening his wits on the staff. When an editorial writer complained that the cartoonist wasted his valuable time, Sun Editor (now emeritus) John W. Owens replied that Duffy was worth his weight as a "fertilizing agent...
...signers were: Henry D. Aiken, Gordon W. Allport, Thelma G. Alper, Robert F. Bales, Herschel Baker, Bart J. Bok, C. Crane Brinton, Jerome S. Bruner, John A. Ciardi, Albert S. Coolidge, Frederick B. Deknatel, John P. Elder, Merle Fainsod, Irving G. Fine, Wendell H. Furry, Myron P. Gilmore...
Meanwhile, Director of the Summer School George W. Adams reported that over 6000 inquires from non-College applicants have been filed with his office. Of this number, however, only 100 have submitted definite application...