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...Wisconsin's Francis Ryan Duffy, an Administration man, has received an unmistakable White House pat, almost as broad as the endorsement of Son-Secretary James Roosevelt which helped boost Florida's Claude Pepper to victory month ago. Meantime two States where Gardener Roosevelt has been busy went to the polls...
...compiled results but it was generally admitted that the Nazis had upped their representation. In four Sudeten German cities the Nazis increased their municipal parliament seats from 69 to 105. In Prague, the National Socialist Party, to which Eduard Benes himself belonged before becoming President, received a boost of 30% in its representation...
Several clubs were organized to boost certain candidates for office, one of which went so far in its enthusiasm as to paint the name of their candidate on the sidewalk in front of the Union. However, the maintenance department removed the campaign propaganda before the polls opened at noon...
...well pleased. But more than once he would have harrumphed at the self-consciousness of the child actors. Hollywood usually looks to professional youngsters for parts like Tom Sawyer. But Producer David O. Selznick has no child stars on his own roster, and had no wish to borrow and boost one under contract to someone else. When he put Tom Sawyer on his schedule two years ago, he started a nationwide hunt that viewed 25,000 children before it ran to earth in St. Raymond's Parochial School in New York's Bronx. There a year ago Scout...
...last week what was intended to be a crushing reply-the Institute's first major work, an outline of a course of study for high-school students. Only contemporary propagandist specifically named in this somewhat general booklet was none other than Edward Bernays: "Hired by [Western Union] to boost its business," said the booklet "Edward L. Bernays suggested that delivery boys, paging the recipient of a telegram . . . say, 'Western Union...