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This year "Dave" Ingalls, at President Hoover's request, went out for and won the nomination for Governor of Ohio ( TIME, May 23). Last week there was much speculation as to where President Hoover stands on the New York Republican nomination for Governor. Officially the President's attitude was one of intense neutrality. Colonel Donovan had been his friend and active supporter. Assistant Secretary Davison was a member of Mr. Hoover's official family. Either nomination would have all the power of Republican Washington behind...
General Garcia de la Herranz leaped to his feet and demanded the same penalty as his chief. The judges ignored his request, sentenced him to 30 years imprisonment, equivalent in Spain to life sentence. Lieut.-Colonel Emilio Infante, a third culprit, was sentenced to twelve years in prison. General Sanjurjo's son Justo was acquitted, dismissed from the army...
...bull, in the identical gallant pose given him by bill posters everywhere. And on this barn, as on 10,000 others, the cow member of the cast regards Her Hero with the same wistful admiration and look of fond desire which caused the clubwomen of a California suburb to request the removal of the poster, as duly reported in TIME (July...
...what power exactly do you imply in that request...
...custom of Mr. Phelan to give large dinners at expensive restaurants. Sometimes he entertained 80 or 90 guests. During the course of the evening Mr. Phelan would grow sadder & sadder. He would request the house crooner to sing an Irish song. During the singing Mr. Phelan invariably wept. He then tipped the singer according to the copiousness of his tears. On the basis of these tips was compiled the above wage scale. The beneficiaries, who did not know Mr. Phelan's name, called him simply "The Big Mick from Down Town...