Word: davieses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Joe" Davies went to Washington from Watertown, Wis. in the days of the New Freedom. White-haired, black-browed, fluent, he was Woodrow Wilson's western campaign manager. Staying on in Washington through the lean Republican 1920's, he practiced international law, his clients including the Governments of...
Like Mrs. Hutton's, Joe Davies' affairs had to be reshuffled for the marriage. Mrs. Emlen Knight Davies divorced him last autumn after 33 years of married life. At the same time Mr. Davies' eldest daughter divorced her husband, Thomas P. Cheeseborough Jr. Thereupon Mrs. Cheeseborough became...
Chip Robert then married Evelyn Walker, beauteous, horsey daughter of Harold Walker, counsel to Standard Oil of New Jersey. Evelyn Walker Robert's brother, Aldace Walker III, married Joe Davies' daughter. Thus Joe Davies' son-in-law's brother-in-law is an Assistant Secretary of...
Meantime socialite Washington got the idea that Joe Davies was bursting with diplomatic aspirations. Although the usual way to nail a foreign job is to play "fat cat" to the Administration in power at home, Joe Davies recently entertained French Ambassador André de Laboulaye and Italian Ambassador Augusto Rosso...
Having reshuffled her political affiliations along with her husband's, Mrs. Davies now has other outlets for her amazing talents. She could, if she would, back her prospective step-son-in-law, Senator Tydings, who is rated Presidential timber for the Democratic nomination in 1940. Last week, however, she...