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Rear Admiral William Woodward Phelps, his gold braid dulled, stood at attention. So did plump Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, and Mrs. James Roosevelt, the President's mother, and Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Orleans. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's predecessor. High above them rose the knifelike prow of a 10,000-ton cruiser, her anchor ports swathed in damp bunting. The vessel did not budge. Under her steel flanks a workman hurt his ankle, was carried off. The band played "Over There." The boat still stood still. Then the band played "Anchors Aweigh." The cruiser...
John Doctor, a huffy person when told what to do or not do by anyone outside the medical profession, last week got Congress to lift practically all restrictions on whiskey prescriptions. It was a long struggle of attrition against the Prohibitionists. Dr. William Creighton Woodward, Washington lobbyist for the American Medical Association, eventually won for John Doctor, helped by John Doctor's telegrams, telephone calls and airmailed letters to Senators and Representatives...
...been made to have special dinners served in the Dining Hall betwen 5.30 and 8 o'clock for House members and their guests. Tickets are on sale at $3 per couple, $2 for stags. Dancing will last from 10.15 until 3 o'clock. The House Committee consists of: Harper Woodward 2L, chairman, J. G. Brooks, '34, R. B. Cutler '35, J. L. Hoguet '35, A. M. Jones '35, and A. L. Swasey...
Edward Milton '34 (D) defeated J. B. Hyman 1L (Low), 3-2; R. S. Greene '34 (Low) won by default; V. R. Montanari '33 (Low) won by default; F. L. Wiegand, Jr. '35 (Low) defeated A. H. Brown '34 (D), 3-2; Hamilton Gray '33 (Low) defeated Harper Woodward...
...tall man with a $10 bill in his hand stood surveying an apple vendor's stand on Detroit's Woodward Avenue one day last week. "It's a shame," he said, "that an apple won't fit a pay telephone. I've been trying to call my wife since last night to tell her I wouldn't be home." After he explained that he was unable to get his bill changed anywhere in Detroit, the apple vendor loaned him a nickel...