Word: brevard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Georgia, a famed son of a famed father beat a famed son of a famed father for the Senate seat of the late William Julius Harris. Nominated (and hence as good as elected) was Democrat Richard Brevard ("Dick") Russell Jr., 34. bachelor Governor whose father is Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Defeated was Charles Robert Crisp, 61, long-time Representative whose late father was Speaker of the House 40 years ago. Representative Crisp, whose heroic efforts to balance the Federal Budget with the 1932 Revenue Act won him wide acclaim, was turned down partly on the charge that...
...Croak, frogs, croak; Make life a hell ; 'tis all we ask of thee. Nominee Thatcher was first elected to the House ten years ago. In Georgia, Charles Robert Crisp, Congressman famed for his courageous fight for the sales-tax (TIME, Aug. 8 et ante) fought Governor Richard Brevard Russell Jr., famed as one of 13 living brothers & sisters, for a seat in the U. S. Senate. Mr. Crisp said he would never have run "had I known in advance that my character was to be so severely impugned at the hands of the Chief Executive of my own State...
Injured in motor crashes were: Beverly Macfadden, daughter of Publisher Bernarr Macfadden; Governor Richard Brevard Russell Jr. of Georgia. Near Dublin, Ga., Governor Russell was hurled through the windshield of his car, lost four teeth...
...named for his famed father. He attends the Methodist church, has few sports or diversions. Feeling that he has outgrown the House, he is a candidate for Georgia's Democratic senatorial nomination. Primary day is Sept. 14. Opposing him is 34-year-old Governor Richard Brevard Russell Jr.. son of the State's prolific, tobacco-chewing Chief Justice. Governor Russell appointed Major John Sanford Cohen, publisher of the Atlanta Journal, to the Senate vacancy caused by the death of William J. Harris. Governor Russell thus has the Journal's backing, while Mr. Crisp has the support...