Word: doak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first Secretary of Labor, Wilson named William B. Wilson (no kin), who had been secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers. Warren Harding appointed James J. ("Puddler Jim") Davis, who had been president of an Iron, Steel & Tin Workers local. Herbert Hoover named William N. Doak, who had been vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins, and Harry Truman chose Lewis Schwelenbach and Maurice Tobin...
This week, for the payoff playoff, the rugged Lion defense let Cleveland's famed Quarterback Otto Graham & Co. roll up 22 first downs, but held them to just seven points. Meanwhile, Detroit's Quarterback Bobby Layne scored from two yards out, handed off to Doak Walker for a 67-yd. touchdown run. and held the ball while Veteran Pat Harder kicked a field goal. Final score that gave Detroit the world championship: 17-7. The payoff for the "have not" Lions: $2,275 apiece. Losing players' share...
...goes to Mass every morning even when he is traveling, does not swear, drink or smoke. He has three sons, four grandchildren, lives with his wife in suburban Chevy Chase, Md. The first Secretary of Labor drawn from labor's ranks since Herbert Hoover's Railroader Bill Doak, he favors unification of the A.F.L. and C.I.O., thinks the Taft-Hartley law can "be amended to satisfy labor and no doubt satisfy employers as well." His appointment, said he, came as a "complete surprise." Reason: he is a Democrat, voted for (but did not campaign for) Adlai Stevenson...
There was no attempt at escape. Instead, the mutineers (led by August Doak, a kidnaper and reportedly a former member of Detroit's notorious Purple Gang, and William Dickens, a robber and alumnus of Sing Sing) settled down with cards and dominoes, chocolates, crackers and coffee (from a secretly hoarded supply), and worried about how the Yankees were doing. Through an open window, Ringleader Dickens presented the rioters' demands. "We're not asking for no hotel," he said. But the convicts wanted a full investigation of prison food and the prisoners' complaints of brutal treatment. Fearful...