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...been publicly recognized and accepted as Erlanger's wife. One witness described an Atlantic City boardwalk scene in which Erlanger declared he was "doubly married" to Charlotte Fixel. About 75 other witnesses appeared to tell how Erlanger considered himself single, how he expressed a desire to be rid of "this woman." Surrogate O'Brien decided for Charlotte Fixel. His ruling entitled her to sue for a widow's share in the Erlanger estate. Said he in a 500-page decision: "The real picture [of the evidence] presents a union of two sympathetic persons, for a time illicit...
...column of figures. He calculates that 98 people out of 100 are superstitious; women more than men; country folk more than city; actors, sailors, prize fighters and petty politicians more than other groups. Dr. Caldwell urges that women's clubs throughout the land join in to help rid children of superstition. Anti-superstition courses have already been tried in 29 high schools in 15 States, and as much as 494% improvement has been found after explosion of such unfounded beliefs as that the groundhog foretells weather, that winters are growing warmer, that lightning never strikes twice in the same...
...feet again, President Hammond starts to make things hum. He demands and gets the resignation of his Secretary of State. He addresses an army of unemployed, enlists them in a civilian workers corps. He gets rid of all his Cabinet when they plot against him. When there is a motion in Congress to impeach him, he adjourns Congress, makes himself dictator. Molested by a tycoon gangster, he places his secretary at the head of a corps of Federal police in armored cars. They bombard the gangster's distillery, deliver its occupants to a firing squad. Throughout the picture...
Last week the following were news: Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric (recently ordered by court decree to rid itself of its Radio Corp. stock), was denied by Attorney General Cummings the right to continue on the Radio Corp. board-unless he resigned from General Electric. Beneficent utilitarian though Owen D. Young may be, not even he is permitted to be an interlocking director...
Fortnight ago, the 1933 National Air Races were sublet to Los Angeles by Cleveland, the city which has control over them for the next eight years but was glad to get rid of them for a spell because they were costing too much money. The meet, stripped of usual stunt exhibits and daredeviltry, will be held July...