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When she first went to Washington the Times was considered to "carry" the Herald, which was distinctly a backstairs paper. Now the positions have been reversed: the Herald's prestige and its acceptance in the swankiest Massachusetts Avenue homes sell advertisers in the Times. Mrs. Patterson intends to make the Times her own mouthpiece, dress it in new format, give it her best writers, many of them women, and her pet features. She is no political ax-grinder, either for or against the New Deal, though personally she leans more toward the liberalism of her brother, Joe, than toward...
...Cissy Patterson spends most of her party hours at "Dower House," her estate in Maryland, once owned by Lord Baltimore. She is driven to work every morning at eleven in one of her 16-cylinder Cadillacs. Sometimes she appears in riding-habit, accompanied by her French poodles, who have the run of the office and are dutifully patted by reporters. She lunches, though rarely at this season, at her town house. No. 15 DuPont Circle, formerly Daisy Harriman's, where the Calvin Coolidges stayed after their White House fire. Glowing, brocaded pajamas are her favorite party garb. Her voice...
...Patterson's agreement with Mr. Hearst was an elastic one which could be terminated by either party on 90 days notice. She made such a success of the Herald, boosting its circulation to over 112,000 that last January Eugene Meyer, publisher of its morning rival, the Post, offered Hearst $1,000.000 for it. Mrs. Patterson telephoned Mr. Hearst, who suggested that she consider taking over both his Washington newspapers (the other is the evening Times). She said she wanted time to think it over, and meanwhile in April arranged to lease the Herald. Last fortnight she heard that...
Last week Cissy Patterson signed a contract leasing both the Herald and the Times for five years, with an option to purchase them at a predetermined price...
...prison at Kilby, Ala. was Negro Haywood Patterson, 24, convicted for the fourth time in January 1936 of raping Victoria Price, and sentenced to 75 years. In the jail at Birmingham were Negro Clarence Norris, 24, similarly convicted last fortnight and sentenced to death; Negro Andy Wright, 25, rape-convicted last week and sentenced to 99 years; Negro Charlie Weems, 26, rape-convicted last week and sentenced to 75 years; and Negro Ozie Powell, 22, excused from the rape charge but sentenced to 20 years for knifing a guard last year...