"Names make news." Last week the following names made the following news: James Joseph Tunney sent a check for $1,000 to prospective Polar Pilgrim Richard Evelyn Byrd and a telegram: "If the American people knew what you are going to do and the difficulties attending the financing of an expedition of this magnitude, they would overwhelm you. My own check is a very humble indication of my own faith in your purpose."
Will Rogers, in the only daily syndicate feature carried by the New York Times,...
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