Word: curleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Newspaper articles entitled "Why I hope to be the next Mayor of Boston" end the Curley question. For many years Massachusetts politicians have entertained rallies with descriptions of the ex-governor, and though the adjectives were always colorful, his friends and enemies could not seem to agree on the character of the evergreen statesman. Like Prosperity he is always just around the corner, and like a rubber ball the harder he is thrown the faster he comes back. His hat is in the center of the ring again; if lifted it would reveal a well-greased political machine running overtime...
Senator Henry Parkman, Jr. '15 has been active during the past 17 years as an advocate of constructive government and as a bitter critic of ex-Governor Curley. After graduating from law school and serving in France as a Captain in the army, he opened a law practice in Boston, became a city councilman in Boston and then won a seat in the statehouse...
...opposed Curley's recent proposed pension system for judges, and the notorious Dog Track Bill of last year. In an attempt to defeat the mayoralty candidates, Curley and Nichols, he proposed the organization of a Fusion movement in Boston, "to save our city from political spollsmen...
Engaged James Michael ("Jim") Curley, 62, Massachusetts' outgoing Governor and Senator-reject; and a Mrs. Gertrude Casey Dennis, 44. widowed Brookline, Mass, pianist. Wedding...
...planned at first," he said, "to present one orchid to Mr. Curley as he descended from political lime- light into obscurity, and another one if he would promise to remain in obscurity. But the pseudo-florists of Jackson Hole, N.H., ruined everything...