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Athletic Christian

George H. Earle 3rd, rich Philadelphia socialite, contributed handsomely to his friend Franklin Roosevelt's fund in 1932. Next year he sailed off to be Minister to Austria. Last year Minister Earle resigned his post to run for Governor of Pennsylvania. Anthony Joseph Drexel ("Tony") Biddle Jr., rich Philadelphia socialite, contributed handsomely to his friend George Earle's campaign fund. One evening last week after a farewell dinner on the Starlight Roof of Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria hotel "Tony" Biddle gratefully gripped Governor Earle's hand.* sailed off to be Minister to Norway (TIME,...

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