Word: donors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...largest donor was Nominee Smith's friend since childhood, William F. Kenny, multi-millionaire contractor of Brooklyn, N. Y., owner of the private car St. Nicholas on which the Nominee has toured the country. His donations totaled...
...France a folding portable bar equipped with a sign: "Vote for Al Smith." A baby born at sea to a French mother and Polish father was christened Samuel (Kosman) in honor of famed mythical "Uncle Sam." Others on the Ile de France were Elsie Ferguson, Raymond Orteig, donor of the $25,000 Paris-New York flight prize which Hero Lindbergh captured, Senator Lawrence C. Phipps of Colorado, who had trouble with the customs officials...
...recent contribution of Mrs. Hamilton Rice, formerly Mrs. George B. Widener, the donor of the original building, made possible the renewal of operations. Workmen are now occupied in installing the unit construction steel supports and shelves, similar in form to the stacks on the above floors. The floors of high grade Vermont marble are in place and it is expected that in two months time the addition will be settled and ready for occupancy. An added space of three feet between the two new floors insures better ventilation and less crowded over head space than in the old stacks...
...that the French would not feel satisfied unless Tilden was in action, promptly said the necessary words to the U. S. tennis officials. A final decision on Tilden's status will be made when he returns to the U. S. Meanwhile, Dwight Filley Davis, Secretary of War and donor of the Davis Cup, was quoted by the Denver Post as saying that "Tilden probably is guilty of professionalism and should be barred from amateur competition." France retained the Davis Cup because she has three aces, whereas the U.S. has only Tilden. Cochet and Lacoste took turns defeating John Hennessey...
...were to be in Chicago. Headquarters for (b) were Mr. Nutt himself, at the Union Trust Co., Cleveland. To assist him in the East, Mr. Nutt picked out a Manhattanite, Jeremiah Milbank, mild-mannered Yale graduate ('09), careful investor of a multi-million patrimony; clubman, generous donor to philanthropies (especially for cripples); director of such concerns as the Southern Railway, Metropolitan Life, Chase National Bank, Corn Products; board chairman of Case, Pomeroy & Co. Like Banker Nutt and the Democracy's Raskob, Mr. Milbank is new-to politics but widely acquainted, keen to learn...