Word: binghams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prohibition issue was forced to a vote by Connecticut's Senator Hiram Bingham. He proposed a resolution whereby the Senate would "welcome" State referenda on repeal or modification of the Volstead Act. The Drys flayed the proposal as "passing the buck" to the States, criticized referenda in general as a "cowardly" approach to the issue. Some Wets, favoring a straight-cut test on repeal, likewise deplored the resolution's "meaninglessness...
...Senators were geographically distributed as follows: Walsh & Coolidge of Massachusetts, Bingham & Walcott of Connecticut, Barbour & Kean of New Jersey, Copeland & Wagner of New York, La Follette & Elaine of Wisconsin, Glenn & Lewis of Illinois. Bulkley of Ohio, Tydings of Maryland, Oddie of Nevada...
Another newsman heard of the impending death. Robert Worth Bingham, pub lisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, had flown to Tucson from Atlanta a few days before because his long ailing stepdaughter, Alice Hilliard, 25, had an attack of pneumonia there. She was using one of the tents which young Levings needed. When she heard the news she insisted her tent be sent over to St. Mary's. A quick con ference followed between her mother, brother (who had flown with Mr. Bing ham), stepfather, and doctors. The girl could do without the apparatus. But there...
...Adopted a resolution by Connecticut's Bingham requesting Attorney General Mitchell to report on criminal law enforcement in Hawaii (see page...
Following the announcement on Thursday that an inter-House tennis trophy has been donated to the College for spring and fall competition, word has been received by W. J. Bingham '16, director of athletics, that B. S. Prentice '05 has offered to provide for a cup for House squash racquet tournaments. This cup would probably be in the form of a permanent trophy, to be held by the House winning an annual tourney. In the letter of presentation, as received by Mr. Bingham on Saturday, he refers to the donation of this cup as follows...