Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Watson of Indiana, old-school behind-the-scenes man; a few other Republicans; and Democrat, Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, whom only Mr. Heflin robs of the title "Buffoon of the Senate"-were determined to prevent Senator James A. Reed's committee from making any more campaign fund investigations. Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania, particularly, did not want his distant cousin, Mr. Reed of Missouri, to open the ballot boxes which elected slush-tainted William S. Vare. The Pennsylvanian insisted that the regular Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, containing a majority of old-guard Republicans, was best fitted...
...topic of the recent censorship campaign, Miss Brady was convinced that the move was made for the sake of Publicity on the one hand, and on the other, to prevent a certain extremely salacious play from reaching New York. "The Virgin Man's one of the plays involved in the censorship, was playing to empty houses, for the very good reason that it was a very poor play. Now the enormous publicity given it, has not only kept it alive but has sent it capacity audiences...
Active work on the campaign for 1927 has begun, the Harvard Fund Council announced last night. The Council has published and mailed to all former members of the College and the several Graduate Schools the second issue of "The Yard", a photographic supplement, the first number of which was published in December. The supplement consists of four pages, somewhat larger in size than the CRIMSON biweekly photographic section. The second issue was devoted more to photographs of individuals prominent in Harvard affairs and less to new buildings and athletics than the first. The fourth page of each number contained advertisements...
...metropolis. This respected paladin from Pennsylvania is of course Brigadier General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C. Last week the War Department ordered General Butler to hasten to Shanghai and there take command of the 3,000 U. S. marines who may soon be fighting a modern Boxer Campaign...
...death, Dr. Wilbur, with Dr. Charles Miner Cooper, performed the autopsy and prepared the statement of his physical condition "as it affected his last illness and his sudden death in 1923." At that time Dr. Wilbur was President of the American Medical Association, a potent position during a presidential campaign year. He might have had a Cabinet appointment himself. But for him, the continued chieftainship of a university is more notable than the term occupancy of a U. S. Department. So Dr. Wilbur was without handicap when two years ago he led the U. S. group to the Institute...