Word: ardent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington, Republican Senator Wesley Livsey Jones, longtime Dry, was renominated over a Wet. For the Senate, Democrats picked Homer T. Bone whose brother Scott used to be Governor of Alaska. Nominee Bone, an ardent "public ownership" man, is viewed with alarm by conservatives who will support Senator Jones. The Jones-Bone fight in November is expected to be close. Here again Demo-crats upped their primary vote in two years from 16,000 to 154,000 whereas Republicans let theirs fall from 297,000 to 170,000. Roland H. Hartley, Republican Governor for the last eight years, was defeated...
Slightly more than half of the State's 1,497,000 registered Republicans retired sepulchral Senator Samuel Shortridge in favor of 35-year-old Tallant Tubbs. Nominee Tubbs, rich San Francisco rope-maker and State Senator, conducted a 20,000-mile campaign by autogyro. He ardently preached Repeal. His friend is Senator Hiram Johnson, longtime enemy of Herbert Hoover. Nominee Tubbs attributed his victory to his interest in sandlot baseball and "the personal touch." Disinterested observers thought Senator Shortridge, ardent Hooverite, lost because he tried to weasel on Prohibition...
...most interesting case is that of Senator McKellar. This ardent champion of making the foreigner pay regardless of the consequences is a representative of the State of Tennessee. According to the World Almanac, Tennessee is primarily an agricultural state producing lumber, tobacco, cotton, corn and cattle. In 1930 it appears that of the total American production of tobacco 40% was exported, of cotton nearly 45%, of lard about 29%. It is plain, then, that the prosperity of Tennessee is intimately dependent upon a flourishing foreign trade and upon a recovery of world prices...
...Edward White Patterson, a Democratic lawyer pledged to Repeal who squeaked through to a House nomination in the heavily Republican 3rd Congressional district. Because Reapportionment cost Kansas one House seat, Republican Representatives Strong and Lambertson had to fight it out for the ist District's nomination. Mr. Strong, ardent Hooverite, was defeated...
Rebuffed by Borah, the convention next nominated for the Presidency redheaded, wrinkled-faced William David ("Earnest Willie") Upshaw, spry cripple, onetime (1919-27) Representative from Georgia. Frank Stewart Regan of Illinois was given the Vice-Presidential nomination. An ardent prohibitor but also a humble man, Nominee Upshaw announced that he would retire if Senator Borah or some other "outstanding figure" would agree to head a third party Dry ticket...