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...Governor, invoked "the blessings and guidance of Almighty God" to assist him. Citizens of the older States sympathized with his sentiments. The charge of "general incompetence" seemed as much of a commentary on the people he had to govern as upon his daydreaming predecessors. Gov. J. C. ("Jack") Walton was impeached, convicted and removed in 1923. Three of Oklahoma's five other Governors since it entered the union faced legislative charges...
Oklahoma is no stranger to impeachment matters. In 1921, Governor J. B. A. Robertson's impeachment case was dropped when the House came to a tie vote. In 1923, Governor Jack C. Walton was impeached and ousted from office...
...William Walton Griest is a public utilities operator from Lancaster, Pa. As chairman of the Post Office Committee he quietly dispenses a vast quantity of Federal jobs. He controls the votes of the Pennsylvania bloc, 36 strong...
Currently published is a book* which contains, besides a sketchy but competent Hoover biography, a section of Hoover quotations and excerpts of the unfamiliar sort. They are not abundant. They include, of course, part of the famed Hoover essay, "In Praise of Izaak Walton," published last year in the Atlantic Monthly (TIME, June 6, 1927). There is also the familiar bit about "Main Street Under Water" (the Mississippi flood...
...Grace A. Fendler the Supreme Court in Manhattan last week awarded $781,891.10, royalties due her from The Bird of Paradise, alleged plagiarism of her play In Hawaii. Oliver Morosco, producer, Richard Walton Tully, writer, were the defendants. Morosco has recently recovered from bankruptcy, Tully's resources are undetermined. Since 1914, birthyear of the play, Author Fendler has not received a cent, is not sure she ever will...