Word: allene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Winchell's. friend Drew Pearson, a longtime Forrestal enemy, and Pearson's old partner, Robert Allen, joined the chase. Presumably they were aided and abetted by dozens of Washington officeholders who have come to hate Forrestal for his views and his insistence on urging them. They turned their pressure on the White House: the President should demand Forrestal's resignation. When Forrestal did not resign, as they kept predicting that he would, Pearson implied ominously that Forrestal was hanging on to his job so that he could further "the Wall Street conspiracy...
Last week Forrestal was still in the Cabinet, Winchell, Pearson, Allen, et al. notwithstanding. He called on the President, and afterwards told waiting reporters, who asked him whether he expected to continue as Secretary of Defense: "Yes, that's right. I will continue to be a victim of the Washington scene...
...network, ABC, entered the struggle for Sunday night listeners. With the freehanded giveaway show Stop the Music (19.2%) and Walter Winchell (who currently leads the field with the top Hooper of 29.7%), ABC has clearly distanced its older rivals. Hardest hit in the percentage battle is bag-eyed Fred Allen, who dropped below CBS's Adventures of Sam Spade, as well as ABC's Stop the Music...
Before the Fact. In Indianapolis, a two-year prison sentence was given to Chester Allen Hunt, candidate for sheriff in the spring primaries, who had stumped Howard County in a stolen automobile...
...Harvard scoring: First period--none; second period--Loring, Anderson; third period--Anderson, D. Key, Allen...