Word: connors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Mrs. Thomas Power O'Connor, relict of famed Irish Parliamentarian "Tay Pay" O'Connor; of pneumonia; in London. Daughter of a Texas judge, she first married F. G. Howard of Washington, by whom she had a son. Author of several books, she wrote a play, A Lady from Texas, in which she played the leading role in London...
...specifications of the U. S. Shipping Board because he tried to dodge responsibility for S. S. Leviathan, the biggest money-loser (TIME, Aug. 24). Mr. Franklin hastened to point out that I. M. M.'s bid was the only proper one submitted. Chairman Thomas Ventry O'Connor of the Board took the matter to President Hoover. No doubt both were somewhat at a loss, for while Mr. Franklin complied with all conditions, Mr. Chapman offered more money. The Board, sympathetic with Mr. Chapman, allowed him to amend his bid, assume full responsibility for S. S. Leviathan instead...
...congratulate the winner of the bitter contest. When the doors finally opened a spokesman appeared, said neither the Franklin nor the Chapman-Dollar-Dawson bid was satisfactory; new conditions were to be prepared, new bids could be submitted by anyone interested. Astonished pressmen searched for Chairman O'Connor, found he had slipped out by a side door. Mr. Franklin's outburst had scored a major victory for his company...
...expectancy pervaded the offices of the U. S. Shipping Board in Manhattan last week. Chairman Thomas Ventry O'Connor was awaiting bids to settle the destiny of the great, long-troubled U. S. Lines (TIME, Aug. 17). On Thursday the 13th two bids were received, and after they were examined it was apparent there was no use waiting until deadline of the 15th at midnight, for all competent U. S. shipping interests were mobilized on opposite sides of those two bids...
Then Chairman O'Connor and Rear Admiral Cone changed their minds. Last Monday a sympathetic attitude became apparent when they issued a memorandum admitting the original price paid for the Lines was too high. They would, it was announced, take back the George Washington and America, trade two Army transports for the Republic and base the commitments of the future owners on the value of the fleet thus reduced...