Word: allen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little to do in the last decade except try to keep his guerrillas in hand, would reap his reward and become Speaker of the House. Indiana's Charlie Halleck, a repentant Willkieite now in the Chicago Tribune fold, would become Majority Leader. Illinois' Leo E. Allen, an undistinguished but faithful GOPster, would become chairman of the powerful Rules Committee which controls the House's business...
Every evening 10 to 15 students gather in Little Hall and proceed by car to the districts where Democratic candidate Martha Sharp is campaigning to unseat Republican House minority leader Joe Martin, and Oliver S. Allen, Law School '35, is contesting Edith Nourse Rogers' seat...
...house," he said, "a little boy came to the door, and when I asked for his parents he nodded and motioned me inside. When I walked into the room the voters of the house were in bed. They hastily assured me that they would vote for Allen so I left...
...radio listeners did not hear this version. Reason: after rehearsal NBC censors slashed Allen's script. Deleted by the thin-skinned network: all mention of hucksters, jerks, "old P.U.," etc. At the last minute, Allen had to write out some of his best lines to make his lyrics rhyme...
...Fred Allen (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Guest: Basil Rathbone...