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...Texan in every respect, and so much for that. Your appellation of Connally as a "political gas-burner" (TIME, Oct. 4) and "minor statesman" (Oct. 25) from Texas was no surprise. It was merely putting the thoughts of a number of people into words...
...soaked up Texas history (Bonham was named for a heroic messenger of the Alamo); he also followed contemporary politics. His hero, and the hero of many another Texan at the turn of the century, was Joseph Weldon Bailey, a towering, rugged character, a mighty orator, a political reformer who rose to be Democratic leader in Congress, then graduated to the Senate. Sam Rayburn likes to recall the day when, as a ten-year-old boy, he got permission to saddle up his father's mare and ride twelve miles to town to peep breathlessly through a flap...
Four months ago a new musical organization. The Slide Rule Symphony, led by the versatile Professor Chaffec, appeared in Cambridge. It proved to be a true rival for the Boston Pops Orchestra. The soloist on the Saxophone was none other than Dr. A. (Amplifier) Tatum. The tall Texan brought down the house with a ballad from his home state, "Deep in the Heart of Texas". Other stars of the faculty made up the rest of the ensemble. We will never forget Dr. Le Corbeiller giving out on the cello...
Left in mid-brushstroke as of Aug. 31, unless private funds come to their rescue, will be 42 uniformed artists (19 civilian employes, 23 from the Army). Among the painters involved are: George Biddle himself (now in Algeria), Californian Millard Sheets, Texan Howard Cook, Chicagoan Aaron Bohrod, New Yorkers Henry Varnum Poor, Reginald Marsh, Alexander Brook...
Airlines' Staff. For his chief of staff George picked a tall Texan who had wrought a wonder of airline organization and operation: 43-year-old Cyrus Rowlett Smith, president of American Airlines (biggest in the U.S.). C. R. Smith put on a colonel's uniform, went to work, has won a brigadier's star for the job he has done...