Word: criticism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last fortnight Columnist Broun advertised for a job (TIME, July 31), thereby publicly setting himself up as the No. 1 example of an oldtime newspaperman whose career has followed the conventional graph (reporter to critic to columnist) and who now needs work. There are thousands like him, for the number of U. S. daily newspapers had decreased by 211 in a decade. Time was when a good man could always get a job and the itinerant newspaperman was one of the most colorful figures in the land. He was hard-drinking, amorous, industrious when sober, able whether sober or drunk...
NEWSPAPER MAN of thirty-one years' experience is desirous of job. Has worked as reporter, copyreader, rewrite, book reviews, dramatic critic, war correspondent, sports writer, columnist and briefly as publisher. Of neat appearance, although labor agitator. Not sure of recommendation from present post. No reasonable offer will be refused. Address Mr. X., P. 0. Box 521, Stamford, Conn...
During the next three hours minority stockholders (including Manhattan Ribbon Manufacturer Arthur C. Flatto, recent No. 1 stockholding critic of Western Union) aired their views, heckled the management, demanded minority representation, applauded, jeered. When the uproar was over, tough Charlie Hardy announced the results of the annual election: the management slate had been reelected. Extent of its support: more than 60% of the 589,150 eligible shares. Oscar Cintas picked up his umbrella and walked out with Latin disdain...
...News also is a vigilant critic of the Government's protection policies (the latest issue complains that Government-supplied sandbags are of inferior quality and quickly disintegrate) and a mine of cheerless advertising. "An Evertrusty Steel Helmet is an absolute necessity," declares the manufacturer of an extensive line of respirators, decontamination bins, asbestos clothing and safety lamps. "How Many Closets for An Air-Raid Shelter?" asks a maker of chemical toilets who advises everyone to write for his free booklet, Sanitation in Air-Raid Shelters. For protection against fiery thermite bombs home-owners are urged to use Kimoloboard. Other...
...lamplit and gaslit days of the U. S. theatre, few plays were published. Four years ago Barrett Harper Clark, historian and critic (Eugene O'Neill, A Study of the Modern Drama) of the drama, got an $8,000 grant (through Authors' League of America and the Dramatists' Guild) from the Rockefeller Foundation, began hunting for unpublished plays, of which he believes there are 20,000. In old actors' homes, in garrets of theatre folk, after devious detectification, Mr. Clark and his helpers found some 400 plays. As prime examples of Americana-but not of dramatic literature...