Word: andrews
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minn, would fall a tremendous decision. He would be a sort of political traffic cop, for his all-important vote could put either Republican Longworth or Democrat Garner into the Speaker's automobile. War veteran, county newspaper editor, secretary to his late father, Representative Ole John Kvale who succeeded Andrew J. Volstead in the House only to be burned to death last year in a summer cottage (TIME, Sept. 23, 1929), young Representative Kvale spoke modestly of the fateful future: "Changes will inevitably take place in the personnel. ... I see no immediate need for making a decision...
...Insurance Co. of St. Louis and has potent connections in that city through Frank Overton Watts, chairman of First National Bank, an oldtime Nashville friend. He is also interested in Alligator Co., St. Louis. He has been identified with many a Southern hotel, including the Kentucky in Louisville, the Andrew Jackson in Nashville, and Lookout Mountain Hotel, Chattanooga, where Garnet Carter conceived Tom Thumb Golf (TIME, July 14). Banks, garages and textiles likewise are included in his interests. So great is his faith in Banking-on-the-South that in 1928 he sponsored Shares in the South, Inc., an investment...
...horses, hunting. Southern gentlemen were delighted when he organized Nashville's two hunts, subsidized members who were good riders and sportsmen but too poor for the luxury. His race horses have done well at Louisville and Latonia. He collects early American silver and furniture, also anything pertaining to Andrew Jackson, his hero. With Col. Luke Lee. Tennessee politician, he acquired the Knoxville Journal and Memphis Commercial Appeal (TIME, Jan. 23, 1928) but is not active in politics...
...America and the history events that led up to the Revolution and the political ideas in the Declaration of Independence should be thoroughly mastered. The reading of biographies and autobiographies of the founders of the republic and great statesmen such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Marshall, Andrew Jackson, and many others, are of tremendous value in furnishing a foundation of political principles...
...Andrew Carnegie named one of his steel plants after Edgar Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in order to increase his chances of getting Pennsy business. In England, Cyrus McCormick exhibited a rusty shipwrecked harvester in competition with spick-&-span machines, won the contest, increased his sales. Frank Munsey never once during 25 years forgot that a certain associate was deaf in his right ear. Dwight Morrow surprised Calles by being human. A University President got a second million out of a philanthropist by making sure that the first million was thoroughly publicized. Famed Realtor Joseph P. Day sold...