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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mayor of Boston James M. Curley, 75, pardoned recently by President Truman (he spent five months in jail for mail fraud in 1947), was back in "God's country-Boston," after an extensive tour of Europe. Swinging a blackthorn shillelagh, Democrat Curley announced that he would be a candidate next year for a fifth term as mayor of Boston. About that fraud conviction? "Probably just a case of Mr. Roosevelt wanting to smear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hearth & Home | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

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