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Word: bondster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Before his Manila junket, said the G-Men, Bondster Buckner had tried to get legislation through Congress which would have helped Philippine Railway Co. To help lobby his bills through, he threw a party for some Congressmen at the Carlton Hotel. To make it a real party, he flew five Broadway cuties down to Washington, including a morsel called Doris ("Peewee") Donalson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Bonds & Blondes | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...Bondster Buckner's first gesture after his arrest (with his partner, William J. Gillespie, 37, of Brooklyn) was to tele phone to his friend Cinemactress Loretta Young in Hollywood. About the party at the Carlton he said: "That part about girls being employed by me and my asso ciates - ridiculous! It would be a terrible thing, wouldn't it, if our statesmen in Washington could be influenced in such a manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Bonds & Blondes | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

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