Word: durno
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Things went so well in 1938 that the Boss ordered Newshawk Godwin re-elected in 1939. But recently, in keeping with the times, "Pumpkinhead" has been mumbling about a third term. Last week, vacationing in Coral Gables, Boss Young suddenly decided against it, telephoned his hatchetman, knife-witted George Durno of International News Service...
...Senator" told Hatchet-man Durno he had chosen as 1940 president the New York Times'?, alert Felix Belair Jr. Balding Newshawk Durno grumbled that Vice President John O'Brien of the Philadelphia Inquirer was next in line; added that Belair didn't want to run. Gruffed the Boss: "I'm not asking him, I'm telling him." Thus, on a Good Government platform, Felix Belair Jr. was this week elected W. H. C. A. president-as correspondents all over the city deserted press rooms, cabbed to the White House, voted 100% Belair on the slogan...
...Douglas B. Cornell, Associated Press; Tom Reynolds, United Press; George Durno, Inter national News Service. - First reported in the New York Times on April 28 as a "scoop" by Columnist Arthur Krock...