Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...June, 1924, one Harry Newman came to Manhattan from Ohio to conduct the Cox-for-President boom. After the Convention, he besought Robert W. Woolley, who had been engaged as Publicity Director for the party, to place all the campaign advertising through him. Mr. Woolley was "sold." Thereupon Newman went to Van Patten Inc., a recognized firm of advertising agents, got a job as Vice President as reward for getting the business of the Democratic Party...
...After the campaign, Jesse H. Jones called upon Van Patten Inc. for an exact accounting of the $50,000. He was answered, he says, that an accounting had been sent to Mr. Woolley and none other would be forthcoming. On Feb. 10, 1925, Mr. Jones through Chairman Shaver sued Van Patten Inc. for an accounting...
...Last week, the issue was joined. Mr. Van Patten told newspapermen that the trial would bring out awful revelations concerning the Democratic Party, would show how Jesse H. Jones (originally a McAdoo man) had knifed the campaign, would explain why Messrs. Davis and Bryan were not elected. "He [Jones]," said Van Patten, "balled up the campaign more than any other man. He is the man I want to get my hands...
...beginning of the election campaign (TIME, Feb. 23), Premier Pashitch had Stefan Raditch arrested and his Croatian People's Party (Republican) declared illegal as a step to increase his (Pashitch's) majority. The Croat Republicans, however, were elected under new party names...
...Student Friendship drive begins the final day of its campaign today with a bleak prospect of raising its quota of $4,000 by the closing hour this evening. At a late hour last night, although more than a third of the collectors' reports were not in the hands of the Committee, the total collection amounted approximately to only $982. The amount is discouragingly low but the committee expects to finish up its final day with the most intensive canvas which it has yet made...