Word: bernards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While two giant signs "Press on with Hoover,"* were being rolled up and put away and delegates returned to their seats, up stood Lawritz Bernard Sandblast, Oregon delegate, to place Dr. Joseph France of Maryland in nomination. Oregon's preferential primary directed Mr. Sandblast to do this. Just then the amplifying system completely broke down, but here, was what he was supposed to have said: "This stanch Republican [Dr. France] occupies a unique position in our national life. At times he has been called too radical, at others too conservative. He belongs neither to the right wing of greed...
...firm and friendly contact with the silent powers of his party, Mr. Smith heard strong talk against a Roosevelt nomination. Men like Bernard Mannes Baruch did not think the Governor, if nominated, could win. Men like Mrfc Baruch looked appealingly toward Mr. Smith. Somebody had to step in, said they, if Roosevelt was to be headed off. Why not the Brown Derby again? Mr. Smith wondered why not. What if he had said he would not seek office? His friends wanted him. He had taken a bad beating in 1928 when times were good. By rights, he could tell himself...
...staunch Oxonian. . . ." Tex Rickard and many another pro moter invited Eddie Eagan to turn pro fessional. Unlike most good amateur fighters, Eddie Eagan did not do it. but he trained with famed prizefighters like Mike McTigue, Gene Tunney. Cat-footed, slow and soft of speech, gentle as a St. Bernard, he is recognized and received in social and sporting circles almost as though he had been the Champion...
...BERNARD M. BARUCH...
...Harold Gershinowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. A. Gutherie, Madison, Wis.; Leo A. T. Haak, Cambridge, Mass.; J. W. Havighurst, Jacksonville, Ill.; R. D. Humphrey, St. John, N. B., Canada; J. E. Johnson, Whitford, Pa.; K. B. Krishna Madras, India; C. G. Lalicker, Norman, Okla.; H. H. Lane, Barre, Vermont; Bernard Lemann, New Orleans, La.; D. W. Meiklejohn, Madison, Wis.; Brooks Otis Richmond, Indiana; D. H. Popper, White Plains, N. Y.; H. A. Smith, North Adams, Mass.; C. W. Swonger, Durham, N. H.; F. B. Williams, Jr., Middletown N. Y.; Jacob Canter, Newton, Mass.; V. I. Cheadle, Oxford, Ohio...