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...lawyers were adamant. Equally aware of the same ludicrous possibilities, Merry-go-Rounders Pearson & Allen engaged the most spectacular, publicity-wise lawyer to be found in Washington, dark, bombastic Ferdinand Pecora, investigator for the Senate Banking & Currency Committee. Hearst is represented by his resident counsel in Washington, distinguished Wilton John Lambert. United Features, a keenly interested spectator, called in the Scripps-Howard counsel, the law firm of Newton Diehl Baker, who, as Secretary of War, was General MacArthur's onetime chief. Numerous Senators, Representatives and one former Ambassador offered their legal services free to Pearson & Allen. Dozens of Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A General on Merry-Go-Round | 5/28/1934 | See Source »

Arthur Wingate Todd '35 was elected chairman of the Lowell House Committee last night, it was announced by George H. Damon '34, former chairman of the committee. Wilton Snowden Burton '36 was elected secretary, and George Thom was Skinner '36 will take over the duties of the treasurer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Todd New Chairman for Lowell House Committee | 3/28/1934 | See Source »

...them out went oil-burning furnaces. Schools shut up for a week. A ball to be given Governor Cross by the Governor's Foot Guard was called off. Danbury bakers began charging 25? a loaf for bread. There was no milk in New Haven for two days. A Wilton mother bore her baby in front of an open fireplace and by candle-light after a doctor had dug through a 18-ft. drift to her door. Six funerals were postponed in Bridgeport, where banks and stores closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Carbon Copy of 1888 | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

...Midseason Dance to be held Friday evening, March 9, has been announced by Elwood K. Salls '34, chairman of the dance committee. The men selected for the position are Richard S. Baxter '34, Alfred H. Beck '35, George C.S. Benson, Head Tutor, Frederick J. Bertolet 2L, George Birkhoff, Jr., Wilton S. Burton '36, Richard N. Clattenburg '35, John P. Coolidge '36, George H. Damon '34, Andrew J. Day '34, Howard M. Graff 4ES, Charles S. Houston '35, John D. Kernan '34, Edward B. Lee '34, George B. Lauriat '36, Robert W. Skinner '34, Soloman W. Stern '35, Arthur W. Todd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL USHERS NAMED | 3/1/1934 | See Source »

Unfortunately, Mr. Wilton's revelations do not explain very much about the rather mysterious manner in which the mind of Boston's newest censor works, for he has announced that heading his list of tabooed plays are "The Vinegar Tree," "Sailor beware," "Strange Interlude," and "The Shanghai Gesture." Mr. Parker of the Transcript has his own explanation for the inclusion of the last two plays in the list; he is of the opinion that the censor is haunted, that theatrical spooks are making a hell of his life and that loudly banning plays which almost everyone has forgotten about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 2/10/1934 | See Source »

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