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...Times. He worked the city's political districts and, in 1938, went to the State Capitol in Albany. There he was a big wheel in amateur theatricals, developed a taste for Scotch and soda and an enduring reputation as a two-fisted drinking man in Matt McCaffrey's saloon (because of his ulcers, doctors now advise against soda, but Hagerty cheats for the forthright reason that "I don't like water"). He also earned a reputation as an industrious, thoroughly competent reporter. In 1940 he joined his father in covering Wendell Willkie's presidential campaign...
...clerk in Richmond in 1914, won a vice-presidency for his work bolstering time-payment sales to farmers as manager of Harvester's credit bureau, was named executive vice president when President Moulder took over. Jenks, who is also slated to succeed Chairman and Chief Executive John McCaffrey, now past retirement age, faces the task of shoring up International Harvester, whose net income dropped $3,000,000 to $31,347,000 in the first nine months...
...Peter Vincent Moulder, 63. was named president of International Harvester at a special meeting of the directors, replacing John L. McCaffrey, 63, who becomes board chairman but remains as chief exec utive officer. McCaffrey's five-year term coincided with the sharp farm-price drop during which the giant farm-equipment maker's net fell from $63 million in 1951 to $55 million in 1955 while other U.S. corporations were setting earnings records. New President Moulder is an old hand at Harvester; he joined the sales division in 1910, became first chief of the company's motortruck...
Lieutenant J. Harry McCaffrey of the Cambridge Police called the blizzard "the worst we can remember." Fifteen tow-trucks which had been continuously at work since 6 p.m. could not cope with all the cars that broke down on streets...
Hold over night in East Cambridge jail, the student had to sign a statement that he would not protest police treatment, before his release. He was offered the alternative of appearing in court yesterday morning, but chose to sign the release instead, McCaffrey said...