Word: blantons
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...House is honored today by having one of the big men of the country in attendance," declared Representative Thomas L. Blanton, provocative son of Abilene, Tex. The House listened attentively. "I refer," pursued the Congressman eloquently, "to Mr. Will Rogers, who is seated in yonder gallery." Congressional eyes were raised in unison. There was a hushed silence. Mr. Rogers, who was without his lariat, blushed furiously. Then a storm of applause burst from the legislators. Mr. Rogers bowed modestly...
Thomas L. Blanton, Congressman from Texas: "It was reported that, at a meeting of the House District of Columbia Committee, I called Representative Hammer of North Carolina 'a garrulous old grandmother.' Other committee members with difficulty kept us apart. Mr. Hammer let fly a folding chair, missed me, seized the bulky District of Columbia Appropriation Bill. We lunged, finally shook hands...
Following up his recent talk before an assembly of University athletes in the Stadium on Thursday, April 24, Colonel Blanton Winship, officer in charge of the C. M.T. C. affairs, has written a letter to the CRIMSON in order to further the plan of getting a large representation from Harvard. Colonel Winship told a reporter at the Army Base in Boston that an unfortunate idea had grown among college men all over the country that the training camps catered more to young boys than to them. This as he explains in the letter, is an absolute misconception...