Christmas Eve and Sidney Hillman Book Reviews
Alistair Cooke presents three American Christmas stories for British radio. Santa appears in a department store, a New York night court, and as a spectral visitor to Ram Van Dam in the Hudson Valley. The middle tale underuses Santa, but the collection invites casual reading. Matthew Josephson’s long Sidney Hillman biography traces a Russian immigrant’s rise to labor leadership, praised for scope but criticized for length.
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Alistair Cooke
Cooke
Santa Claus
Manhattan
Hudson Valley
Ram van Dam
Santa
Sidney Hillman
Matthew Josephson
Doubleday & Co
Stendhal
Zola
Victor Hugo
Hillman Chronicle
Russia
New York
Chicago
FDR
Josephson
Hillman
Road Damage Claims Mount Over Grant Road Widening
Property owners rush to file damage claims with the county board ahead of a five day appeal deadline set after the Grant road widening decision. Total claims reach 43,820 dollars for six parcels, while appraisers estimated 28,008 dollars for the corridor. Claimants include Georges Besson 16,320 dollars Michael DeMatteo 12,500 dollars Caleb Smith 7,000 dollars Don R. Williams 4,000 dollars Elsie E. Brown 3,500 dollars Le Verta W. Swartz 500 dollars.
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Board of Supervisors
Superior Court
Georges Besson
Michael DeMatteo
Caleb Smith
Don R. Williams
Elsie E. Brown
le Verta W. Swartz
Epes Randolph Lodge Names 1953 Officers
Epes Randolph lodge No. 32 F and AM has elected Henry T. Bent as worshipful master Oliver W. Smith as senior warden Delbert Shadler as junior warden David C. Perkins as treasurer and Ronald Nicholson as secretary for 1953 Appointed officers include William R. Glenn Leslie B. McClellan Lawrence G. McCray Ralph A Southard Shelby Gill Bobbie L Gill and Orville G Robinette Sr as tyler
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Epes Randolph Lodge
F & AM
Henry T. Bent
Oliver W. Smith
Delbert Shadler
David C. Perkins
Ronald Nicholson
William R. Glenn
Leslie B. McClellan
Lawrence G. McCray
Ralph A. Southard
Shelby Gill
Bobbie L. Gill
Ballot Bags Broken Open in Maricopa Count recount
Phoenix officials disclosed that during a recount of the re election of James E. Lindsay as Maricopa County Supervisor, ten of fourteen ballot bags showed breaks or openings and one bag lacked a seal. Attorneys for Lindsay and opponent William S. Porter viewed the county highway department vaults where the bags were stored and questioned possible rough handling as the cause.
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Phoenix
WUP
Maricopa
James E. Lindsay
Lindsay
William S. Porter
Highway Department
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Alfred A. Knopf
W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Elmer
Paul
Man's Birthstone
DIAL
Ronson
Ibbey
Sunbeam
Daniel’s
Daniel
Rogers Bros
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