Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alabama. Banished from his party primary by 27 members of the Democratic State Executive Committee because he deserted Smith in 1928, Senator James Thomas ("Tom-Tom") Heflin, who mortally hates and fears the Roman Pope, returned to his State to open a campaign as an independent candidate for reelection. Said he of the "misguided 27": "I'm sorry for them. How pitiful is their lot! How ashamed they must be feeling. . . . But Old Tom will show them the proper way to the light...
Inflamed by Harper's tales of Fascist propaganda and intimidation in the U.S., Senator James Thomas ("Tom Tom") Heflin of Alabama, apostle of 150% Americanism, bellowed in protest, demanded an official Senate investigation. The U. S. State Department made quiet inquiry, dropped official diplomatic hints at Rome. Last week, wilting as Fascism so often does before genuine opposition, 93 chapters of the Fascist League of America disbanded. In New York reporters assembled at the league's headquarters to see the Fascist League's emblems and insignia shipped back to Rome...