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Curtis Arnoux Peters ("Peter Arno"), famed caricaturist for The New Yorker (weekly smartchart), quarreled bitterly in the middle of the night with his wife Lois Long ("lipstick"), colyumist for The New Yorker ("tables for two"). They told the police that a deep cut in his cheek was a slip-of-the-razor, not caused by her hurling a glass powder-box at him. Calming down, they decided to separate for one year...
...York Republicans have been losing campaigns on the power issue. Fortnight ago Congressman Bertrand Hollis Snell, House Rules Committee Chairman and most potent New Yorker in Congress, urged G. O. P. state leaders to modify their position on power, to compromise with the Democrats sufficiently to get the issue out of politics. William H. Hill, Hoover-appointed leader, echoed the Snell entreaty: "If Roosevelt will not accept the Republican offer of a compromise, give him what he wants but by all means get the question out of next year's campaign...
Among those who have lent drawings in their possession for this occasion are: The New Yorker, Mr. F. Crowninshield and the CRIMSON...
...Yorker, Manhattan smartchart, hazarded on the occasion of his 70th birthday last month, that "he might not have been discovered if he hadn't looked like Groucho Marx...
...established monthly Musical Digest. Ubiquitous Pierre Key, wide-acquaintanced Editor of the monthly, was revealed as Editor of the weekly too. Chatty in tone. Top Notes aimed to be informative; it carried news and comment on musical affairs, radio, musical comedy. Pre-natal influence noted: The New Yorker, Manhattan smartchart...