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None of these activities, however, has made her rich, and Louis Howe left "less than $20,000." Last week President Roosevelt recompensed his most devoted and intimate friend's relict for virtual widowhood during her husband's later life by appointing her acting postmaster of Fall River, at $4,000 per year...
...House of Commons same day there were cries of ''Hear! Hear!'1 for a judicious announcement by Sir Samuel Hoare that Britain will not abandon Malta. In other words, the wholly inadequate Malta defenses will be maintained as they are, for moral effect. Virtual abandonment of Malta as a main Empire naval base took place months ago when the major units of the British Mediterranean Fleet scuttled off to Alexandria (TIME, Sept...
...unhappy hiatus in Berkey & Gay's life, the solid citizens of Grand Rapids blame the well-meaning but ill-timed effort of Zalmon G. Simmons, then head of Simmons Co. (beds), to break down the conservative tradition of Grand Rapids merchandising. This was a tradition of virtual subservience to dealers. Beginning with the first Berkey Grand Rapids furniture show in 1878, buyers from widely different localities had been allowed endless caprice. People in the U. S. had formed no assured taste in furniture, and Grand Rapids manufacturers made no attempt to form a taste for them. Berkey & Gay sold...
Though nobody now considers it a sport for effeminate weaklings, U. S. fencing has produced surprisingly few top-notch masculine performers. For the past few years a half-dozen men have held a virtual monopoly on U. S. fencing titles. Last week in Manhattan a small clique of enthusiasts watched three of these men parry & thrust their way once more to national amateur championships...
Thus willy-nilly the House Committees find themselves in virtual control of the names that appear on the ballot...