Word: electioneerings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kelly had won short of half the 1,236,456 votes cast in Chicago that day, but Republicans, who cast 274,317 votes, nonetheless took hope for the election April 4. Reason: they had buried their worst local liability, clownish three-time Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, who in...
Hailed by the Republican National Committee as "similar in type to ... Thomas E. Dewey" of New York, Republican Green is expected to give Kelly & crew at least a good workout before election day, April 4. Long-shot bettors pointed out that his primary vote (211,965) was almost as large...
About 5:30 p.m. a noisy, excited throng churned into St. Peter's Square in front of the Vatican. What brought the crowd running now was news of a second sfumata. This one, through some mischance, had been first white, then black. But the white smoke meant that there...
Immediately after his election, Pius XII had received the first "obedience" of the Sacred College: each Cardinal in turn had knelt before him, election bent over the cross embroidered on his slipper. Returning from the balcony to the Sistene Chapel, he accepted a second "obedience," then on his throne received...
With the conclave rapidly disbanding and the Vatican returnin to normal life, the Holy Father went to the luxurious apartment which he had occupied as Secretary of State and which had been considered his "cell" (given the number 13) during his conclave. He telephoned his sisters Elizabella and Giuseppina told...