Word: alvin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...State's witnesses were evasive. Gamblers Alvin C. Thomas ("Titanic Thompson") and Nathan ("Nigger Nate") Raymond, describing a $300,000 stud poker game, said that McManus was a "cheerful loser." Bridget Farry, hotel chambermaid, who went to court in an emerald dress with a green ribbon in her hair, silver stockings and gilt shoes, refused to identify McManus. The prosecution could not connect McManus with the battered automatic, could not establish a motive why he should shoot Rothstein for owing him money...
...Recessed for five minutes to receive Sergeant Alvin York, War hero...
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill received a decoration from the Polish Government to the joy of his fellow Hoosiers, who agree with General Pershing that he was "the greatest hero of the A. E. F.," outshining even Tennessee's potent Sergeant Alvin York...
Also, last week, it was suddenly discovered that Mrs. Alvin T. (Sally Aley) Hert, of Kentucky, vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, had submitted her resignation before the Inaugural. Mrs. Hert was Chairman Work's unsuccessful candidate for Secretary of the Interior...
William Joseph Donovan (onetime intimate), Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Senators Borah, Brookhart, Frazier...