Word: cermak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...victory was what newspaper straw polls last week indicated Anton Joseph ("Tony") Cermak, Democratic nominee for Mayor of Chicago, would win over Republican Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson in next week's municipal election. But three factors put a discount on this political forecast: 1) the straw-polling journals (the Tribune and Daily News) were noisily campaigning for Nominee Cermak; 2) Thompson henchmen would not fool with ballots that did not count; 3) the city's "best people" now supporting Nominee Cermak might go golfing on Election...
...stake was a real prize: the mayoralty during Chicago's World's Fair in 1933. Nominee Thompson, seeking a fourth term, charged that Nominee Cermak had defrauded the U. S. on income tax payments. "When all the royalty comes from Europe to Chicago's World Fair, it will be embarrassing if they have to go to jail to meet the Mayor of this town and that's where Tony will hold office if he's elected...
...present Mayoralty campaign. Boss Rooney switched allegiance from the Thompson faction to the Democratic candidate, Anton J. Cermak. Observers wondered if this had been Boss Rooney's fatal mistake...
April 7?Chicago's mayoral election. Chief candidates: William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, Republican; Anton Joseph Cermak, Democrat...
April 7-Chicago mayoralty election. Chief candidates: William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, Republican; Anton Joseph Cermak, Democrat...