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Married. William Brown Bern, 28, son of the Secretary of War; and Helen Mary McCollam, 25, RFC employe; in Washington...
Buzzing over Dr. Beard's speech, the 8,000 superintendents crowded into the auditorium next day. For them there was no such heady fare. Chairman Jesse Jones of the RFC brought greetings from the White House. President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin came sonorously "out of the no-man's land between old deals and new deals to sound again the bitter cry of the children for a square deal." Dr. Frank and the children wanted more money from the Federal Government. After his speech President Frank seconded Dr. Beard's Hearst-baiting. Then...
...besides, but the great majority were deep in the red. A wage increase of 5% will take effect in April, topping two preceding raises of 2½% since last July. Traffic is not expanding. And while Jesse Jones might assure the carriers, as he did last week, that his RFC would continue to lend on acceptable security, there is a bottom to even the best road's strong box. Furthermore, Mr. Jones sometimes depresses investors, as he did last week, with peremptory demands that debt-ridden roads reorganize...
...first annual session, the 74th Congress of the U. S. last week was still drifting along on the current of routine appropriation bills. Only one little rapid had been negotiated: the rejection of the World Court Protocol. Only one prominent landmark had been passed: the renewal of the RFC for two years. But the session floated in a placid pool on the brink of the legislative cataract into which it will plunge when it starts in earnest on the President's program...
With less than twelve hours to go before RFC's life was up at midnight, the House and Senate got together, passed the necessary bill. Jesse Jones went to the White House to see it signed. When he emerged he told newshawks it was all over until February...