Word: aloysius
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan's Washington Market unemployed artists found a vacant meat stall, started an art sale. When market patrons showed interest only in one drawing, a nudist colony at play, the artists veiled the picture, sold peeps at a penny apiece. Market Director Aloysius Mallo appeared, took one perquisite peek popped: "Put that away or I'll put you out. That's too hot for my customers, I'll tell the world...
...received $28,175 of the $37,000 Derby purse. In addition, jubilant Mrs. Sloane, first woman to win the Derby since Mrs. Payne Whitney's victory with Twenty Grand (1931) was taken down to the judges' stand to receive the $5,000 gold trophy. Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley made appropriate remarks. Bumbling Governor Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky said it gave him "inexpress-, inexp- unexplainable pleasure" to present the cup. He then turned to the microphone, urged everybody to come to Kentucky on Labor Day to celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of that great Kentuckian, that great...
...Curry was permitted to speak before his execution. He recalled his lifelong services in the Hall (in return for which, for 23 years, he never held a city sinecure which paid less than $6,000, while he developed a profitable insurance brokerage business on the side). He blamed James Aloysius Farley with fomenting revolt against him. "Now, I don't want to make any accusation against President Roosevelt," he continued, "but he tried to break Tammany Hall 20 years ago and he is trying...
...General in charge of airmail. When First Assistant Postmaster General Joseph C. O'Mahoney resigned to become U. S. Senator from Wyoming, indications were that his place would go to an outsider. Then William Washington Howes made a speech at Newburgh, N. Y., in which he hailed James Aloysius Farley as "the greatest postmaster general since Benjamin Franklin." Short time later William Washington Howes succeeded Joseph C. O'Mahoney...
...independent Ludington Lines, bought Stinson planes from Mr. Cord, later made a confidential airline survey for an advertising agency engaged by Cord. (Elliott Roosevelt got the agency the business through Cord's stockmarket ally, Frank A. Vanderlip.) The survey was not flattering to American Airways. Legend: James Aloysius Farley himself is Cord's good friend. Fact: Mr. Farley lately said, "I don't know Cord." Fact: Day after Cord announced he had bought New York Shipbuilding Corp. for $2,000,000, that company got contracts for some $38,000,000 worth of U. S. war-boats. Fact...