Word: splittingly
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...services to the police department.* Informer Latore said he had participated in several hundred "frame-up" and "shake-down" arrests of women. The method: he would seek out and compromise a woman, wait for the police to arrive. If she were willing to bribe the officers, Latore got a split of $5 or $10. If she would not pay, at least the police got credit for an arrest, plus rake-off from bondsmen and lawyers to whom they recommended the case. Sample of the many tales with which Witness Latore made Manhattan gasp: "I went back to the hotel...
Senator Morrow refused to talk to the Press but newsmen in the gallery had no trouble hearing his first official word in the Senate, a clear and significant NO, as he split with the Old Guard and voted against recommitting an interstate bus regulation bill (seep...
...first string. The University squad which will be divided into four teams also includes six of last year's Freshmen: C.N. Bliss '33, John Drum Jr. '33, R.S. Nicholas '33, St. John Smith Jr. '33, and Walton Wetten '33. The Freshman squad of 15 men, which will be split up into five teams, has a scheduled game with Yale at New Haven on March 14 and will play other games with local teams at the Commonwealth Armory...
...Carstarphen Dyer of Missouri also cried out against Mr. Fess's leadership. The Wet Republican press re acted even more sharply, and certain arch-Republican editors captioned editorials FESS OUGHT TO GO and THE BLIND SENATOR FROM OHIO. Hearst papers quoted an unnamed Republican leader as saying: "If this split continues there will be a Nationalist party...
...Bloc. Democratic Representative John Charles Linthicum of Maryland, long leader of the small group of avowed Wets in the House, saw his opportunity in the split which Chairman Fess, in trying to avert, had created. Rushing to Washington, Congressman Linthicum indited invitations to all 71st House members to attend a Wet Bloc organization meeting early in December. Of Chairman Fess's statement he said: "It means a Demo cratic victory beyond a doubt." Mr. Linthicum put Repeal above party, insisting: "Regardless of party platforms, the fight to elect Wet members . . . will continue. . . . We have just begun to fight." Sage...