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...Copey's" Monday Evenings are never to be forgotten by those who have attended them, be he a plain Tom Jones or Bob Brown or one of the famed Copeyites who include Heywood Broun, Robert Benchley, Walter Lippmann, Conrad Aiken, Thomas Stearns Eliot, John Dos Passes, Robert Emmett Sherwood, the late John Reed, the late Alan Seeger, the late John Macy. There is a Charles Townsend Copeland Association, with members all over the world. Every year it brings "Copey" to the Harvard Club in Manhattan, where he reads to a group which may include John Pierpont Morgan, Thomas William...
...went to Princeton University between 1921 and 1925 has forgotten a hard-muscled youth who came down from Alaska with shaggy black hair, shy grey eyes, a fighter's chin, a wolfskin coat, a rich baritone voice and much musical talent. Robert M. ("Bob") Crawford entered Princeton with a little money he had earned as a surveyor in Alaska. He worked his way in a bicycle shop and a Ford service station. He led the University Orchestra. He became president of the Glee Club. He composed for and sang in the Triangle Club's shows, including The Scarlet...
Religion by radio is usually a routine medley of sermons, prayers, hymns, sacred music by soloists and choristers. Occasionally it is colorful, as when a Eucharistic Congress or the dedication of a cathedral is broadcast. Religious talks, like those of Los Angeles' Rev. Robert Pierce ("Bob") Shuler and Detroit's Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, are often embarrassing and distasteful to churchmen. Last fortnight, for the second time, religion went on the air purely & simply as news. When National Broadcasting Co. decided to build up a "Lowell Thomas of Religion," it went straight to young Dr. Stanley Hoflund High...
Shortridge v. Tubbs. Whoever wins the Democratic primary must in November go up against a Republican Senatorial nominee also to be chosen next week. Long, lean, sepulchral Samuel Shortridge is fighting harder than ever before to hold his Senate seat. Arrayed against him in the Republican primary are "Bob" Shuler (see above), flossy little Representative Joe Crail of Los Angeles and Tallant Tubbs, a rich, chubby young State Senator from San Francisco. Senator Shortridge lately deserted his President and his platform by declaring against the World Court. This flipflop won him favor with the Hearst Press, but cost...
...innings). 3 to 2 from the Boston Braves; at Chicago. Pitcher Guy Bush, who replaced Pitcher Bud Tinning for Chicago in the 18th inning, pitched one inning, received credit for the victory. Next day the Cubs beat the Braves 4 to 3 in 15 innings. Pitcher Bush replaced Pitcher Bob Smith in the 15th, received credit for another victory. In a National League pennant race even closer than last year's, the Brooklyn Dodgers last week overtook the Pittsburgh Pirates in second place, whittled Chicago's first place lead to three games...