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...responsible official in Washington last week doubted that serious repercussions would follow scarcity. A national complaint against the High Cost of Living would be a serious political threat to the existence of AAA. If the complaint should occur before the November elections the threat would be more serious still. Last week New Dealers were congratulating themselves on the fact that the most serious price rises?in meat?are not likely to occur before spring...
...suit asking payment of $250 for each and every performance of the song. If As Thousands Cheer closes on schedule the first week in September the grand total demanded will be $100,750 for 403 performances. Lyricist Patty Hill, who will share in the damages, if any, had no complaint to make on the use of the words because she long ago resigned herself to the fact that her ditty had become common property of the nation...
...officers who are his friends roasted it scorchingly in the Japanese Press. They declared that some reduction in naval armaments is desirable but that "obviously" the U.S. and Britain should make greater sacrifices than Japan. According to Asahi ("Today"), a news-organ close to the Premier. "The main [Japanese] complaint is over the Secretary of the Navy's assertion that the 5-5-3 ratio must continue, which seemingly indicates that all Japan's efforts to enlighten the United States have not made the slightest impression...
...than a new one is struck in Poet Engle's writings. Enthusiasts may compare him to Whitman, to Sandburg, to Frost, but cooler heads will wait for more achievement before upping him above MacLeish or Jeffers. A note of challenge to defeat, however, augurs well for the future. "Complaint to Sad Poets" sounds the battle cry: Will you never be done with barking at the moon? . . . The terrier bitch that whelped its litter today Under the barn where the dirt is moist and dark Shames and defies you with the quiet logic Of life that works its ancient...
Last week in Los Angeles' Superior Court a ceremony as simple and short as that of 20 years ago effected the divorce of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, 43, from Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, 70. At 3:48 p. m. Mrs. McAdoo's complaint was legally filed. A few minutes later Judge Allan B. Campbell heard her assent to its charges: 1) Senator McAdoo spent most of his time in Washington, where her health would not permit her to live; 2) his interests were political, hers artistic; 3) because of this incompatibility she had suffered mental cruelty. Her doctor confirmed...