Word: p
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a stroke of his pen Philadelphia's gaunt Federal Judge George A. Welsh approved P. R. T.'s reorganization plan (under 77-B), merged it with its 15 subsidiaries and 49 underliers into a single $85,000,000 corporation: Philadelphia Transportation...
...brains of the Confederacy" was moonfaced, wily Judah P. Benjamin. An unusual character in other respects, Benjamin arrived in New Orleans with $4 after being mysteriously kicked out of Yale in his third year, quickly rose to be one of the most successful lawyers of his day, a Senator, holder of three Cabinet posts, Davis' confidant. Called "the Mephistopheles of the Rebellion," connected with many a shady deal in speculation and filibustering, Benjamin boasted that no letter of his would be found when he died. Only a few were. Yet he was thought charming by Mrs. Chestnut, "that tart...
...Norman P. Knowlton Jr. '41, Ferguson...
...Usher P. Coolidge '40, Boston, Mass...
...William P. Bidelman Jr. '40, Grand Forks...