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Postmaster Farley's placing Dr. Long's likeness upon a postage stamp in honor of his having been the "discoverer" of ether leads to a warranted discussion of what the word "discovery" means. As to this, Professor John Ware of Harvard Medical School in a letter dated April 16, 1861 to Dr. Charles Jackson (another claimant) said: "The discovery of the fact that the state of anesthesia is a safe one and thus available in practice is due to Morton. James Watt did not originate the steam engine. George Stephenson did not first introduce the railway...
...certain that the Convention, if left to its own devices, would nominate Mr. Hull as the only candidate acceptable to all factions, and as the only candidate certain to attract Republican voters. ¶It was not yet clear whether the Convention would pay James A. Farley's bill For Services Rendered by offering him the Vice-Presidential nomination. ¶ It appeared certain that neither New York's Robert H. Jackson nor Indiana...
...Presbyterian institution, is politically-conscious beyond all proportion to its size. Its president is Dr. Franc Lewis ("Bullet") McCluer, a 1932 Presidential elector for Franklin Roosevelt. Since last fall he has welcomed to the college as speakers Republican Chairman John Hamilton, two Presidential hopefuls-James A. Farley and Paul V. McNutt. Also scheduled to speak there are Candidates Thomas Dewey, Robert A. Taft...
...Edmund Dewey's second swing through the West last week. He holed up at Colorado Springs, where in the heady mountain air his entourage put out claims that he will have enough G. O. P. convention votes to nominate him for President on the first ballot. Democrat Jim Farley swigged tomato juice (his strongest tope) at a succession of Manhattan cocktail parties, let "friends" announce to the press that he also has first-ballot prospects (if Franklin Roosevelt does not run). Paul McNutt paraded through Guthrie, Okla., in a ten-gallon hat. Georgia Democrats swiped the State...
John N. Garner: Norman Thomas Princeton, '05: James A Farley" Paul V. Mckutt, Indian '13, and Burton K. Wheelr followed the leaders in that order...