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...until a short time before election did Boss Flynn appear to realize that Isacson was making dangerous inroads. He called on New York's ailing Mayor Bill O'Dwyer and Eleanor Roosevelt to prop up Propper. The best O'Dwyer could do was appeal to Wallace to come back to the Democratic Party. For his final rally, Isacson drew an overflow crowd of 8,500, who came to hear Wallace and such other notables of the far left as Singer Paul Robeson and Congressman Vito Marcantonio. At another rally the same night Prizefighter Champion Joe Louis, contributed...
...York's Mayor William O'Dwyer, 57, saw spots, felt faint, asked his hospital commissioner for advice. The advice: slow down. A possible alternative: coronary thrombosis. "Is that the thing," inquired the Mayor, "that blows you over?" He was told that it is. "It's a good thing to know," said he, and proceeded to charge around much as usual...
Priorities & Ear Muffs. The worst shortage was in oil. It affected the entire East, and New York City in particular. With thousands of New Yorkers heatless, Mayor William O'Dwyer ordered oilmen to put deliveries on a priority basis, giving first call to homes, apartment buildings and hotels. The Navy sent 40 of its tankers into civilian service and even dipped into its own oil reserves to relieve distress in some areas. The Commerce Department cut oil and gasoline exports...
Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York offered - and accepted - the position Grand Marshal in the St. Patrick's Day in San Francisco next March 14. San Francisco was going to parade on the day just so O'Dwyer could get back and parade in Manhattan on the right one (the 17th...
...Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York, faced with the prospect of boosting subway fares, told an audience: "[It] isn't my fault that the nickel got grey-headed and bald. It has lost its teeth and hair ... it can't buy anything any more...