Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from downcast were Messrs. Greene and Cannon as they signed statements releasing Mr. Gerard from his bet, in return for $1,700 each of Mr. Gerard's money by way of indemnity. Betting Commissioner Greene pocketed his profits, kept mum. Mr. Cannon presented his profits to the Republican campaign fund as he beamed: "This amounts to getting something for nothing and you can't kick at that." Asked whether he would place his bet against Roosevelt elsewhere, he emphatically repudiated the idea: "I wouldn't sell my vote this year for any amount. I've waited...
...been pictured to us by his sponsors as a 'strong silent man.'. . . We found that he was, indeed, a 'silent' man, silent on the true issues of the campaign...
...brother of Governor Landon's late mother, William T. Mossman has been public relations chief for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. for the past 25 years. Last week Governor Earle was not the only partisan who attempted to embarrass Governor Landon by lugging his lobbyist uncle irrelevantly into the campaign. Philip Murray, head of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and right-hand man of John L. Lewis, who is supporting Franklin Roosevelt through Labor's Non-Partisan-League, published a telegram to Kansas' Governor...
...Gassaway, whose ten-gallon hat, cowboy boots, wing collar, shoestring tie and advocacy of birth control made him a minor notable in the 74th Congress. Victor on a cowhide radical program was jut-jawed, 27-year-old Lyle H. Boren who stepped out of a Government job for the campaign. Gassaway's chief attack on him was his failure to marry, produce 14 children, as Gassaway had done. Replied Nominee Boren: "Old Noah or someone in the Bible was 500 years old before he married. All I need is time...
...Correspondents with the northern rebel armies near Burgos were quick to point out German steel helmets. Twice last week Russian freighters loaded with Soviet munitions were reported en route to help the radical Spanish Government. In Moscow, 100,000 workers jammed the Red Square, pledged their aid in a campaign to raise 200,000,000 rubles for the Spanish Government...