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...Smithish" in 1928 when he was the party's vice-presidential nominee, too "Hooverish" in 1930 when he was a U. S. delegate to the London Naval Conference. These mixed charges balanced each other nicely and Senator Robinson secured renomination (tantamount to reelection) over Tom W. Campbell, Little Rock attorney, in a 3-to-1 victory...
...Chief of Staff for a four-year tour of duty. With the job goes the courtesy rank of full general (four silver shoulder stars, a salute of 17 guns). Soldierly son of a Civil War father (Lieut.-General Arthur MacArthur), the new Chief was born in barracks at Little Rock, Ark., went to West Point as soon as he could. There he was senior-year (1903) cadet-captain, popular, a baseball adept. Graduated into the Corps of Engineers, he engaged in rivers-&-harbors work, experience which must have weighed heavily with the engineering President. But also of importance...
...Philip, Geoffrey, James, Robert-all about the same size, closely resembling each other, ranked at 26 goals, were on hand to see and lend color to the summer's events. At Sands Point, and on the spacious turf overlooked by the stone terrace and colonial portico of Piping Rock Club (see map, p. 25), test matches between candidates for the U. S. team went on with much earnestness. People watching from cars parked along the sideboards were increasingly numerous and interested. The matches with England, to be played at Meadow Brook-climax not only of this season...
...price slump did not daunt Mr. Legge. Sure that rock bottom had been hit, he declared: "If I were a miller, I'd want my tanks filled to capacity at present prices."* He thought if planters would announce agreement to a reduction program, prices would immediately start upward. His first stop was at Indianapolis to confer with growers of winter wheat. Thence his itinerary would take him through Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington...
...starters in the All-American Air Derby for planes powered by 100-h. p. American Cirrus engines, finished at Los Angeles the first half of a 7,000-mi. round-the-continent race, headed east to complete the circle in Detroit. In the lead was Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock, Ark. flying a low-wing Command-Aire...