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...from the United Mine Workers for the 1936 Democratic war chest and who was undercover man for the New Deal janizariat in many a quiet operation during the 1940 campaign. Niles's presence close to the President has a plain meaning: Mr. Roosevelt needs an able watcher -to keep a finger on all important political developments, large & small...
Since 1934 Vic has been janitor and chief watcher over Matthews, and every former inhabitant remembers his strident call to the telephone, and his remarkable knack for knowing all the news there is to know around the Yard...
...Radio's usefulness in making Everywhere aware of Someplace has been illustrated in the U.S. by Mutual's John B. Hughes, only West Coast newscaster carried daily by a national network. Calm and articulate Mr. Hughes, a Japan-watcher long before the war, reflects California's concern over Jap residents, has given that subject priority almost constantly since Pearl Harbor-something non-California newspapers have naturally not done...
...Stand by for barrage,' comes over the ship's communication system. One plane is circling around. It's now at 300 or 400 yards, approaching us from the port side. It's coming closer headon, and I see a torpedo drop. A watcher shouts, 'Stand by for torpedo,' and the tin fish is streaking directly...
...production man for Republic. The man: energetic Ralph Shepard Damon, 44, whose five years as American Airlines operations vice president were preceded by two decades of aircraft designing and building, mostly with Curtiss-Wright. Damon became president last May; Kellett moved up to chairman (and finance-watcher...