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...supervision of Protestant broadcasting Co.'s two chains. Last week the Federal Council half filled the radio job by appointing Dr. John William Langdale, 56, chairman of its radio commission. It is to this commission that Protestant ministers who want to talk over N. B. C.'s national radio hook-up must apply. Dr. Langdale is book editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He lives in Brooklyn. The commission's paid executive secretary, who actually handles radio appointments, continues to be Frank C. Goodman, at N.B.C.'s Manhattan offices...
...Brooklyn, learned that his personal cards were being distributed at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Brooklyn. Puzzled, suspecting no connection with school affairs, he hired Max B. Krone, private detective, to investigate. Detective Krone unearthed two slick racketeering rings, piled up evidence that they boasted of political "hook-ups," promised small favors to all who would pay for them. Leader of the first ring was President Harry Izzicson of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club. Shrewd Harry Izzicson dealt in peddlers' licenses, naturalization papers, newsstand permits, hospital jobs; but his most thriving racket was promising jobs to young female...
...York, in the annual holiday, battle with the Canadian team. The usual New Year's Eve contest with McGill University in New York has been transferred to Buffalo this year, and the two teams will meet there on New Year's Day. On December 30, the Crimson will hook up with the sextet from Michigan University in the Buffalo-drink...
...occurs, and insidious doubts creep into the mind. That the South Boston attitude toward Harvard men is justified--that the "college young gentlemen" of Cambridge are deficient in masculinity--are conclusions from which the intellect recoils. But if Harvard men are really uninitiated to the mysteries of the left hook and right cross to the jaw, there are those who will claim that jelly must be an important constituent of their backbones; for even in this age of soft living occasions come up when a stiff punch in the nose is called...
...balloting got underway last week at the Atlantic Hook & Ladder firehouse there were three main schools of thought. Spokesman for the Travis faction said, somewhat erroneously: "Now the name of these diggings was Travisville in the beginning. That's his story anyway. Travis was an old ship captain and from what I hear he was some boy. Let's stick to the old name of Travisville, but let's cut off the ville. That sounds too much like a hick place. . . . Imagine going into some of them big Manhattan department stores to buy and giving your home...