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7 picks · 1926–1931

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Steel-I
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Profile of Charles M. Schwab, whose father was a hand in the woollen mills in Loretto, Penn. Charles drove the livery coach for his father until he got a …

FROM MADRID TO THE MIRROR
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PROFILE of Alexander Pollock Moore, former ambassador to Spain, and owner of the Daily Mirror. Appointed ambassador in 1923 by Harding whom he helped in …

The Iconoclast of the Courts
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Profile of William Tatem Tilden, 2nd tennis champion. New theatrical vehicle "They All Want Something." Beaten by Vincent Richards. Mentions Maurice …