Word: mcdermott
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cover) One quiet day ten years ago United Pressman Lyle Wilson burst into the press office of the State Department with a little model airplane in his hand. The State Department's genial Press Division Chief Michael McDermott was talking with a few reporters. Wilson began sailing his plane around the room...
...yelled McDermott, who is wonderfully kind to cub reporters but a bull dog to rowdy ones, "cut that out, or we'll throw you out." "I'll ask the boss about that," said Wilson in a mock huff, and walked down the hall to the office of the then Assistant Secretary of State Nelson Trusler Johnson (who had just been notified of his appointment as Minister to China). Two hours later someone put his head in the Assistant Secretary's door. Nelson Johnson and Lyle Wilson were tossing the airplane at each other, laughing like ten-year...
...make sure that what they write is reasonably accurate and true, even when it might be propaganda, Washington newsmen these days rely heavily on three top-notch careerists who are among the ablest "information men" in Washington- Michael James McDermott of State, Lieut. Colonel Alexander Day Surles of War, Lieut. Commander Leland P. Lovette of Navy...
...which is being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, Reading Iron employs 1,700 men, has sales of $4,000,000 a year. But foot-scrapers, ornamental fretwork and wrought iron pipe are out of fashion and Reading has lost $4,000.000 since 1929. Last week Vice President M. P. McDermott said he would be very glad...
...announced by Robert G. Noyes, assistant professor of English and director of the play will include: Robert S. Clements '40; Grocker Wight '38; Julian Lazrus '40; and Ralph L. Gustin, Jr. '40. Also a chorus including James F. Gerrity, 2d, '39, Joe W. Gerrity, Jr., '38, William V. McDermott, Jr., '38, Francis W. Scofield '40, Friedrich W. Stolper, tutor in Economics, Reginald T. Wheeler, Jr., '38; Robert H. Chase '38 and Michael Linenthal '37. The prologue will be by Robert W. Anderson '39. Arthur Schuh '38 is stage manager for the production...