Word: brothers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Seventh District voters chose Billy Connery's successor: a bald, magnetic, music-loving Irishman. Add seven years to and subtract about 15 pounds from Lawrence J. ("Larry") Connery and the result is a twin for his late brother Billy, whom he had served as secretary since 1922. Nineteen years ago Sergeant Billy refused a promotion because it entailed separation from Sergeant Larry. Both became lawyers after they reached Washington. Last year Billy swamped his Republican opponent by a 3-2 margin; last week Larry won by 3-2. His first official announcement: he would re-introduce...
...General Motors plant. By this time it was apparent that President Martin's long-awaited purge was in full flower. Also fired at one crack were more than a dozen other organizers including such potent veterans of last spring's strikes as Robert Kanter and Victor Reuther, brother of Walter Reuther. leader of the strong Detroit West Side local...
Engaged. Crown Prince Paul of Greece, 35, younger brother of King George; to Princess Frederika Luise, 20, granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm of Doorn; in Athens. In July, Prince Paul caused a Government crisis by proclaiming his love for the commoner daughter of a wealthy Athens industrialist. His brother and Premier Metaxas put a stop...
...League of Nations, Señior Estrada in 1931 promulgated the Estrada Doctrine ("Doctrina Mexicana"). In direct opposition to the Monroe Doctrine, which had been incorporated into the League Covenant, the Estrada Doctrine proclaimed every Latin-American nation's exclusive right to be its own big brother...
...Dedicated to the principle that everything is for the best, it revolves around a crazy but comfortable family of five. Mother Alice (Irene Browne) is a congenital fussbudget, Father Malcolm's (Morland Graham) absentmindedness verges on the sublime, Daughter Frankie (Rosalyn Boulter) suffers from vestal restlessness, piano-playing Brother Dudley (Arthur Macrae) spouts Noel Coward and badgers stuffy Brother Claude (Richard Warner), who builds houses and does setting-up exercises. Clouds gather over the breakfast table when Gladys, the maid (Moya Nugent), is found crying near the sausages and Frankie reports she saw Claude coming out of the girl...