Word: edward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Detroit, a new mayor-young Edward Jeffries-was elected with C.I.O. backing. In San Francisco, Mayor Angelo Rossi was re-elected over a New Deal Congressman who had the support of Harry Bridges and the C.I.O. Republican victories in Pennsylvania and New Jersey brought a bugle blast of triumph from National Chairman John Hamilton; Democrats did not whoop so over a minor Tammany victory in New York City, or the expected Kentucky election of Governor Keen Johnson. Said Jim Farley: "The results are entirely satisfactory from a Democratic point of view...
...York, setting Pundit Mark Sullivan a brooding: if you check gambling on the stock exchange, does it come surging back on the race tracks? Socialist Jasper McLevy stayed in as mayor of Bridgeport, Conn. Socialist John Henry Stump went out as mayor of Reading, Pa. Boss Edward Crump was elected mayor of Memphis-only to keep his machine in power, since he is to reign for five minutes Jan. 1 before resigning in favor of the vice mayor, who would in turn surrender the job to a Crump henchman. But everybody knew that the Big Wind had blown over California...
Last week a car speeding from Cicero crashed into a telephone pole, its windows shattered by bullets, a bloody corpse at its wheel. The man was Edward J. O'Hare, president of the National Jockey Club, president of Sportsman's Park track (once owned by Capone). In Cicero they had not forgotten...
...Edward Warren Club emerged Victorious in the second semi-final argument of the Ames Competition last night. After an exceptionally short period of deliberation, the judges awarded it the decision over the Parsons Club...
This evening at 8 o'clock the Parsons Club will compete with the Edward Warren Club in the second semi-final argument. The winner of this engagement will meet the Williston Club in January for the finals of the Ames competition...