Word: walsh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Thomas ("Fatty") Walsh, alleged narcotic ringmaster, onetime bodyguard of the late murdered Manhattan gambler, Arnold Rothstein; by murder; in the Miami Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables...
...Senator Walsh's filibuster against the Interior appropriation bill stopped when his Glacier National Park bower, and other residential and church lands in national parks, were safeguarded...
Score--Harvard 11, Yale 6 1-2. Goals--Nicholas 3, Walker 6, Cotton 3, Scott 3, Baldwin 2, Potter 2. Fouls--Harvard 2, Yale 1. Time--Four 7 1-2 minute chukkers. Referee--J. Walsh. Timekeeper--T. M. Butler...
...years, since his fall from politics, Mr. Lenroot has been flitting about Washington, Micawber-like. He had captained many a Coolidge Senate fight; he never lost faith in the ultimate bigheartedness of the White House. For $10,000 he successfully out-lobbied the Walsh Senate resolution for investigating interstate public utilities, transforming it into a toothless inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission. He distinguished himself last month by winning the so-called Mayflower Marathon: when Herbert Hoover, returning from South America, arrived the first morning at his hotel headquarters, it was Mr. Lenroot who, first of all comers, rushed...
...given without the consent of the nation involved, would obviously deprive the Court of any influence--for no country would accept advice unless it were favorable. This was what happened in the recent boundary dispute between Finland and Russia consent was not forthcoming. The second solution, suggested by Senator Walsh, that a unanimous vote of the council be required before rendering an advisory opinion, is no more effective than the first. In such circumstances, any nation which did not wish to receive advice from the Court would merely cast its vote so as to destroy unanimity...