Word: whitcombes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...news story, sermon, book. The swelling spate of "proletarian novels" is a form of Marxian exegesis. Often too obviously propaganda for Marxian dogmas, they are apt to make dull if uncomfortable reading for non-Marxians. But last year Robert Cantwell's The Land of Plenty, last week Robert Whitcomb's Talk United States! showed readers of every shade that a novel could be first-rate as well as proletarian...
...Author Whitcomb writes his book in straight U. S. lingo, and the happy result is authentic U. S. reality-as far removed from literary realism as from the dreary violence of yellow journalese. Hero-narrator is one Matt Williams, U. S. bricklayer in his middle 30's; his story, told straight from the side of his mouth, is typical of hundreds of thousands but he tells it so freshly that it does not seem like an old tale. He starts in with a bang that never fades out to a whimper...
...seat in the middle of the Alley. Your interest is aroused by three old codgers (probably ex-Congressmen) talking very loudly--perhaps all are a bit deal--on an adjacent couch. You hear them, as I have sigh and reminisce of the days of Ariemus Ward and James Whitcomb Riley and Uncle Joe Cannon. You hear them curse the speed of the modern generation; you hear them chastise the youth for no longer reading Dickens; you hear them boasting about their remarkable powers of endurance even at the age of 81 and 79 and 73. They mention philosophers...
Died. "Polly," 76, last surviving pet of Poet James Whitcomb Riley; at the home of a neighbor in Indianapolis...
...doubtful whether Dick Walsh will play any of the game after his stiff workout against the Danvers squad. Jayvees To Play Teachers' HARVARD BRIDGEWATER Gallagher, cf. c., Meler O'Brien, 1b. ss., Glenn McGoodwin, lf. 1b., Klernan Connolly, 3b. 2b., Bowles Lockwood, ss. 3b., Feeling Lee, rf. p., Whitcomb Carr, 2b. cf., Aherne Thom, c. rf., Barrows Wood or Victor, p. lf., Kelleher...