Word: champ
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...armor. Even before his country was at war, he wanted to joust with Nazi Erwin Rommel-each contestant in a tank. "The two armies could watch," said he. "I'd shoot at him, he'd shoot at me. If I killed him, I'd be the champ. If he killed me-well...
First he had a promise to keep to an old Missouri friend, portly, bald Bennett Champ Clark, his appointee to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and a former Senate colleague. In a century-old Episcopal church at Berryville, Va., the President stood as best man as Widower Clark and British-born Actress Violet Heming were married. Best Man Truman, the only participant not in formal rig, seemed to be the calmest person in the church. He delivered the ring at the right moment, stood through the ceremony, then stepped back into a pew with Mrs. Truman and daughter...
Married. Judge Bennett Champ Clark, 55; and Actress Violet Heming, 50, both for the second time; in Berryville...
Navy's probable starting foursome: Bob ("Chunky") Hoernschemeyer, premier passer from Indiana; Bob Kelly, Notre Dame's big gun last year; burly Bob Jenkins, who beat Army two years ago; Clyde ("Smackover") Scott, veteran one-man Navy task force (and intercollegiate hurdling champ). Tony Minisi, ex-Penn star, would be lucky to make the third team...
...Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia-which probably handles the largest number of labor cases of any court in the land-Harry Truman last week appointed Missouri's labor-hated ex-Senator Bennett Champ Clark. It was probably his worst appointment to date. The President owed Bennett Clark little. As Senators they had rarely seen eye to eye. Harry Truman voted 99% New Deal, Bennett Clark had chipped and sniped away at Franklin Roosevelt. In the 1944 primaries, Clark was repudiated by Missouri voters in the primary, largely on the strength of labor opposition. Now labor...