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...Georgia, a famed son of a famed father beat a famed son of a famed father for the Senate seat of the late William Julius Harris. Nominated (and hence as good as elected) was Democrat Richard Brevard ("Dick") Russell Jr., 34. bachelor Governor whose father is Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Defeated was Charles Robert Crisp, 61, long-time Representative whose late father was Speaker of the House 40 years ago. Representative Crisp, whose heroic efforts to balance the Federal Budget with the 1932 Revenue Act won him wide acclaim, was turned down partly on the charge that...
...Hampshire, Senator George Higgins Moses was easily renominated by Republicans. In November he will oppose Democrat Fred Brown, onetime Governor, now Public Service Commissioner. Their race is expected to be nip & tuck as Nominee Brown is an extraordinary vote catcher...
...many minutes" to her husband in Atlantic City. Next day she said: "I was just a little fool. . . . We love each other more than ever now." He exhibited to reporters a telegram: "I will love only you always." Sued for Divorce. By Mrs. Julia Davis Adams, daughter of famed Democrat John William Davis: Boston Socialite William McMillan Adams, who has been U. S. Rubber Co.'s representative in Denmark. Died. Professor William C. Schluter, 38, able professor of finance in the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance & Commerce; by his own hand (pistol); in Philadelphia...
...Sept. 15 was announced as the date of the next White House conference on Depression relief. President Hoover will address the National Citizens Committee of the Welfare & Relief Mobilization of 1932, chairmanned by Democrat Newton Diehl Baker, organized to raise funds locally for local relief. Last week the White House was heartened by a statement by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor: 11,400,000 jobless for August which, for once, showed no increase over the month before. Though progressive unemployment might be checked, Mr. Green warned that next winter will be one of "unthinkable suffering...
...sold newspapers. At Fordham University he was an honor graduate. Before studying law he taught Latin and Greek at his Alma Mater, English in one of the city's high schools. He still writes magazine articles under the name of James W. Dawson. A good Democrat, he is not a Tammany man. His political mentor is New York's Secretary of State Edward J. Flynn, Bronx boss and Roosevelt supporter. In 1925 he was first elected to head the Board of Aldermen. In 1929 he was re-elected with more votes than even Mayor Walker. Once he nearly...