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Died. John Bennett Daniel, 29, of Manhattan, National Broadcasting Co. announcer, introducer of many a famed speaker (President Hoover and Coolidge), describer of many a famed event (Lindbergh reception, Graf Zeppelin arrivals at Lakehurst, inaugurations); in Manhattan...
...City Times is wriggly, writhy, slithery snakes. An unflinching rule keeps snakes entirely out of the Times' pages- out of the news, features, fiction, comics. Other Times rules forbid mentioning or picturing rats, corpses. Journalists wonder: How would the Times report the news if President Herbert Hoover, Col. Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Scarface Capone or Aimee Semple McPherson were bitten by a snake...
Much has he traveled, many are the famed people he has met. In Milwaukee, where he has an agency, he headed the Lindbergh reception committee two years ago. The policemen there call him "C. C." Though not feeling well one day in Rome, he won a bet by getting an audience with the Pope on 24-hours' notice. He has hand-shaken Mussolini. He also tells how, slipping into an exclusive London night club, he and Mrs. Younggreen came face to face with Edward of Wales. "My wife," says Mr. Younggreen, "touched the Prince...
...newspaper office and says, "This is Calvin Coolidge. I have a story for you," the customary answer is, "Is that so?" and a bang of the receiver. Mr. Coolidge makes no habit of telephoning newspaper offices. Neither do Herbert Clark Hoover, Andrew William Mellon, John Pierpont Morgan, Charles Augustus Lindbergh...
...Last week President Hoover was 55. He celebrated his birthday privately at his Shenandoah National Park camp. Prime guests: Charles Augustus Lindbergh et ux. The President was "surprised" by a cake, candles, inexpensive presents. Pastimes: pitching horseshoes, dam-building, reading Sunday newspapers carried by air from Washington. Prime horseshoer: Charles Augustus Lindbergh...