Word: davises
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Clay Precedent. Down to West Virginia, politically a bastard offspring of the Solid South, the New Deal's political Generalissimo, Postmaster Farley, sent an old Democratic wheelhorse named Clement Lawrence Shaver. The last time the country heard of Mr. Shaver was just ten years ago, when as Democratic National Chairman...
While the rhetorical defenses were booming like long-range guns from Washington, other defenders were down on the actual battleline. At Fayetteville, Ark., AAAssistant Director for Production D. P. Trent was telling farmers that AAA is not regimentation at all, that "the most regimental form of regimentation" was cheap grain...
In La Plata, Md., a young Negro drove his stolen car to an outlying farm, entered the house under cover of night, edged carefully into a bed where Alton Davis was sleeping with his bride of two weeks. Undisturbed, Davis and wife slumbered on until morning.
The U. S. last week played England at Wimbledon in the challenge round for the Davis Cup, lost the first two matches, won the third. With the score 2-to-1 for England, the U. S. team could win this No. 1 tennis trophy only by repeating what it had...
If Wood could beat England's World Champion Frederick J. Perry or if Shields could beat England's No. 2 dapper little Henry Wilfred ("Bunny") Austin, the U. S. had a fine chance to win the Davis Cup for the first time in eight years. In the other...