Word: democrats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most famed young Democrat in attendance was moose-tall James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President. As treasurer, he reported the clubs took in $1,846.78 last year, spent $1,642.35 but still had a deficit of $1,947.53. The convention with a whoop elected him secretary. For president they chose Clifford Woodward of Des Moines...
...heard the Federal attorney name names. Last week it reported that Mr. Medalie "frankly said he had no evidence of crime against any person but did mention certain matters he thought might be further investigated." That further investigation the jury passed on to State Attorney General Bennett, good Brooklyn Democrat...
...After indefinite schooling at a Roman Catholic College in Great Britain he went to the U. S., worked as a waiter in New York, then moved to Cincinnati where State laws prevented his marrying his octoroon mistress. Next move was to New Orleans where he worked on the Times Democrat, wrote the sketches of Creole life that first brought him wide attention...
...find out what voters were thinking, took him under his wing. Most of last year's Farley predictions were based on Hurja calculations. After March 4 Postmaster General Farley took Mr. Hurja to Washington with him, made him his righthand man on patronage. Tall, stout, full-faced, Democrat Hurja quickly became a power among job-seekers. Following Jim Farley's formula ("For Roosevelt Before Chicago") he did most of the picking and choosing. Lately he was put into R. F. C. as personnel officer to weed out Republicans, replant Democrats...
Silvery-haired Isabella Greenway has a clean outdoor look about her. She uses neither rouge nor lipstick. She is most at home in the saddle. She has an expert eye for cattle. No Roosevelt goes West without stopping off to visit her at Tucson or Williams. An able Democrat, she has been Arizona's national committeewoman since 1928. At the Chicago convention last year she seconded the Roosevelt nomination and had a large hand in engineering the McAdoo switch. Her House seat will be her first public office...