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Marvin Hunter ("Mac") Mclntyre, like most of the White House assistants, is an ex-newshawk. During the War he helped handle Navy press relations, afterwards worked for Roosevelt in the 1920 campaign. Later he mooned around the Navy press room, tried to peddle freelance stories on the plight of the fighting fleet. From Pathe Newsreel Louis Howe got him back for the pre-convention campaign in 1932. A genial fellow whose hollow cheeks and sunken eyes belie his good disposition, Marvin Mclntyre made himself valuable as Franklin Roosevelt's contact, first, with the Press, later with politicians and bigwigs...
Taxicabs coming through Cambridge and along Memorial Drive are requested to turn left at Putnam Square into Putnam Avenue to Flagg Street and Flagg Street to Memorial Drive where they may unload their passengers at Mac Nameo Square which is at the Cambridge end of the John W. Weeks Bridge...
Nobody knows who first dubbed the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. murder the "American Tragedy." Philadelphia Record editors said it was their reporter Andrew MacLain ("Mac") Parker. City Editor Charles Israel of the Philadelphia Bulletin said it was himself. The city editor of the Scranton Times credited a United Press man. Possibly all three, and many another newshawk, swooped at once on the catch-phrase the moment they heard, two months ago. that Robert Allan Edwards, 21, was accused of bashing his pregnant girl over the head in a lake so he could marry his other girl. That was exactly the plot...
...Casale has the call over Bobby Little for center, with Danny Comfort ranked third. In the backfield Bob Haley is No. 1 quarterback and has George Ford and George Hedblom as understudies. Leo Ecker is the ranking fullback; Bob Watt and Fred Moseley the right and left halves respectively. Mac McTernan, Henry Fuller, and Bill Parquette are the second stringers for Watt and Moseley
...lineup Casey tried the combine of George Ford at quarter back, Mac McTernan at full, Fuller at right half, and Don Jackson at left half. This quartet was behind the line when the 35-minute scrimmage started. George Hedblom took Fuller's place half-way through the battle and with Jackson provided the more cheerful aspects of the day. On the Jayvees, Dana Hardwick took top honors by turning in an exhibition that made him look pretty close to Varsity calibre...