Word: bets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This year was no exception. Months ago Democratic Boss Farley began laying his plans for a Maine showing. Far & away his best bet was popular Democratic Governor Louis Jefferson Brann, elected in 1932 by a 2,300 plurality, re-elected in 1934 by a 23,000 majority. Unfortunately, Governor Brann had never been a New Dealer, had fallen away still further when Maine's Federal patronage was taken from him and given to a stanch New Dealer, Representative Edward C. Moran. As the State's ablest Democratic vote-getter, however, patronage was returned to him last spring when...
...stand the Davis Store. Field's bought it in 1923 for $9,000,000. Unfortunately, shoppers who wanted bargains chose to patronize Field's basement rather than the Davis Store. And shoppers who could afford quality goods would not be caught in the Davis Store on a bet. After ups and downs and changes of management, Davis lost, all told, some $3,500,000. Thus when Field's chairman, James O. McKinsey, last week put his signature to a contract conveying the Davis Store to Morris, Nathan, Louis & Joseph Goldblatt (for a carefully concealed price), Mr. McKinsey...
Whatever happens the Harvard football team is a sure bet to be a better functioning aggregation than the one which was fielded last year when not a major victory was won. A more brilliant offense has been promised by Coach Dick Harlow for the 1936 season, and Stadium crowds are expected to have some chance to cheer this fall when...
...there is one person U. S. War Veterans should cordially dislike, it is Franklin D. Roosevelt, who twice vetoed their Bonus Bill. To persuade them that the President is still their best bet in the White House, National Democratic Chairman Farley last week patched together a Veterans Advisory Committee of Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, et al. To head this committee he appointed fat, jovial Louis Arthur ("Louie") Johnson, onetime (1932-33) National Commander of the American Legion. Legionary Johnson is also an Elk, a Shriner, a Mason and an Odd Fellow, all of which sodalities consider...
...morning when Messrs. Greene and Cannon went to Mr. Gerard's Manhattan office-Mr. Cannon wearing a large Republican sunflower in his buttonhole and accompanied by a guard carrying $5,000 in cash-Mr. Bowers was there to receive them with new instructions: Mr. Gerard had called his bets off. Said Partner Bowers: "You know how it is. A man in the heat of enthusiasm will often say something- well-er-ill-advised. Mr. Gerard undoubtedly feels as always about Roosevelt and would have made the bet, but he can't afford to lose his vote...