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...Sullivan, 67, Tammany district leader of the old school, for the past 21 years a desultory, disinterested member of Congress: to succeed the late James J. Dooling as leader of Tammany Hall. By his election a Congressman for the first time became boss of Tammany. Expected was a shake-up of Democratic plans to recover control of New York City from Fusion Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia who is up for re-election next fall (TIME, Aug. 2). Left, By Automan Roy Dikeman Chapin (Hudson Motors), onetime (1932-33) U. S. Secretary of Commerce; an estate of $7,311,616. After...
...There comes a time when every organization needs a shake-up just for the sake of having one-to try out men in new jobs, to break up petty friction. The President started such a shake-up for the State Department when he upped Assistant Secretaries Sumner Welles and R. Walton Moore to Under Secretary and Counselor, respectively. Last week, carrying that all-purpose shake-up farther, he sent to the Senate the nominations of: Hugh S. Gibson (Ambassador to Brazil) to be Ambassador to Belgium, Jefferson Caffery (Ambassador to Cuba) to be Ambassador to Brazil, J. Butler Wright (Minister...
...Republic, the Vice Premier, and the Mayor of Bukhara were ousted from their jobs last week. The Premier's brother had meanwhile committed suicide. Over in White Russia, where the President killed himself fortnight ago, it was Railway Commissar Nikolai Vladimirsky who committed suicide last week. A further shake-up in Red Army circles, following the execution of Marshal Tukhachevsky and seven generals...
Generally favored today, Navy will have tough opponent in Cornell, which did several remarkably fast time trials on Lake Ithaca last week. There was a slight shake-up in the big Red beat at the start of the week which has resulted in ironing out a slight check previously noticeable...
...resulting shake-up in the team lineup places George Lowman in the number one position, Hubert Hauck at number two, Captain Jim Fuld at number three, Alvah Sulloway at four, Stuart Wyeth at five, and Adrian Malone...