Word: dodgerism
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...cash prize and medal to the unknown soldiers of the Sands Point washroom, should be make himself known. Nor did the Kingfish let any scaweed grow under his finny big foot. He has written a friendly letter, open and anonymous to Al Capone (Morgan-owned) telling how that tax-dodger can become friendly with the big-men in his racket, it is headed "J.P. Morgan and Co Points Way for Capone's Release," and is signed merely "Subscribe to the American Progress." So diplomacy may succeed where the gentle art of self-defense failed, and the best defense...
...Harvard University is the biggest tax dodger in Massachusetts," Frank A. Goodwin, chairman of the Boston finance commission, told a crowded session of the Legislative Committee on Cities in a fiery speech at the state House yesterday. Defending his administration as head of the commission, Goodwin, who is a former candidate for Governor and well known Bay state politician, assailed the "blue bloods" of Massachusetts and in particular H. L. Shattuck '01, treasurer of the University...
...water-skirted tract of 1,000 acres they have their homes-George at "Killenworth," Charles at "Seamoor," Harold at "Welwyn," Herbert at "The Braes," Frederic in Dosoris Lane. Congresswoman Ruth Baker Pratt, widow of Brother John, lives at "Manor House." Between them they have the yachts Carola, Dodger III, Whisper, Tuna. In the centre of their joint estate stand their stables and dairy farm, an institutional affair of red brick, manned by spick-&-span hostlers and milkmen...
...pail," refused Joffre an official welcome. In 1919 a Negro boy was stoned at a white bathing beach; next day 30 blacks were maimed in the city's worst race riot. Alfonse Capone came from New York with a scar on his face. Dean O'Banion, onetime acolyte, draft-dodger, said "Hello" to two strangers, fell slug-riddled in his flower shop. Mayor Thompson took some friends down the brown Mississippi, washed water over levees, was shot at. "Just yesterday" Capone was jailed in Philadelphia. "For God's sake," says Chicago, "what does it matter who sits in the City...
...most energetic berated his friend for letting him spend the little energy that life had left to him. One day last week Koman went out to feed the ducks. Rupor followed him querulously, complained that he wasted food, showed favoritism to the handsomer ducks. High words- rascal, duck-dodger, miser-followed. Rupor struck with a spade, Koman fell down dead. The policemen who came for Rupor found him asleep...