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...school superintendents then persuaded President Hoover to request all the 48 Governors to have their school superintendents select a boy and girl "of at least grammar school age and mentally adapted to the test," send them to Washington. All except Washington's Governor Roland H. Hartley complied. Governor Hartley said: "One of America's alarming problems is the mounting cost of public education. . . . The thought of adding to the unbearable burden by the addition of talking movies ... is inconceivable. . . . Innovations already introduced have undermined the quality of education . . . amply proved the policy of spoon feeding...
...potent Senators and Representatives with whom he had failed to consult in his first canvass of Congressional opinion fortnight ago were miffed at his apparent neglect. To soothe their pride and keep them friendly he despatched personal messages to each and every member of the 72nd Congress with this request: "If you are favorable to the proposal, it would undoubtedly aid in the negotiations now in progress if you could inform me thereof." The White House was deluged with responses, practically all favorable. Notable exception: Hiram Johnson of California, where Hearstpapers are strong...
...navigating business had been his forte since he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at 13. For many years he was a mariner, then studied aerial navigation under famed Lieut. Commander Philip Van Horn Weems U. S. N., later taught the Weems system, instructed Mrs. Charles Augustus Lindbergh at request of her husband...
...Lyman Wilbur, carries on as U. S. Secretary of the Interior, waited anxiously last week as Stanford's Board of Trustees held its meeting in San Francisco. Few were surprised but many were increasingly dissatisfied when the Board, after what was called "considerable discussion," announced "that at the request of the President of the United States, and in recognition of the outstanding importance to the nation of the continuation to effective completion of the services of Dr. Wilbur as Secretary of the Interior, his leave be extended to and including Dec. 31, 1932." Dr. Robert Eckles Swain will continue...
Last week, when she was preparing to go to the ranch of friend Rex Bell for further recuperation. Executive Schulberg announced that Clara Bow's contract with Paramount, running till next October, had been cancelled at her request. Said he: "This ends a long and successful . . . affiliation. . . . We are all anxious to see you emerge as the greatest and most popular actress...