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...Summer was a man who played a role in political movements; Bassett sought vainly to imbue life into notes which scarcely left his library cubicle; Parton's was the unmodified hero of local tradition. Taking cue from his Pulitzer prize "Raven" of 1929, Mr. James meticulously introduces the reader to the individuals with whom Jackson came into contact, and allows "Old Hickory" to evolve his own character through the medium of direct quotation and factual narration...
...evidence that Western-written TIME does not confuse modern Irak with the old Ottoman regime let Reader Numan read TIME'S account of the life, times and death of Irak's able King Feisal (TIME, Sept...
...primordial monuments in London. - ED. Dodges to Syndicate to Chrysler Sirs: In your issue of Sept. 4 under Business & Finance, you say, "James Cromwell persuaded the widows of the two Dodge brothers to dispose of the automobile company to Chrysler for $160,000,000." I think many of your readers will wonder that TIME should have forgotten that this spectacular purchase, which the same article refers to as the "biggest cash sale in Wall Street history" was made not by Chrysler but by Dillon, Read & Co., or by a syndicate which they headed, who then publicly marketed new Dodge Brothers...
...Roosevelt nor Employer Hearst will say how much more or less Writer Roosevelt is receiving than the reported weekly $200. - ED. Straightened Murphy Sirs: "Publisher Murphy . . . straightened his spine by special exercises at the age of 48." (TIME, Sept. 4, p. 14.) No more stooped than 90 % of TIME readers. I have for years sought an exercise that would result in an erect carriage. Arrived at the ripe old age of 40, had thought it now too late to attempt it further. TIME's remark gives encouragement. Possibly just one of Wheat Man Murphy's exercises would...
...received $60,000 a year from 1923 to 1931, Messrs. Wiggin & Reynolds $40,000 each. In 1931 (when Mr. Lee took office) their salaries were cut 10%. Since February 1932 Mr. McRoberts has received $18,000 a year; Mr. Wiggin $12,000. Mr. Reynolds was succeeded by James Reader Leavell, present president of Chicago's Continental Illinois National who serves on the Armour committee without salary. Besides salary Samuel McRoberts was paid $10,000 in 1932 for special services connected with negotiations for the merger of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. with Armour Fertilizer Works...