People, Dec. 18, 1933

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

An assistant in the office of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins answered a telephone call, heard a voice say: "This is Frank. May I talk to Miss Perkins?'' Said the assistant to Secretary Perkins: "It's Frank." Replied she: "Frank? I don't know any Frank. Ask him whom he's with." Questioned, the caller burst into a laugh, explained: "With the United States. This is the President."

Guest of honor at a dinner preceding the 77th annual Charity Ball for the New York Nursery & Child's Hospital,...

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