Word: elwood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days before the opening of the Republican National Convention, Wendell Willkie, formerly of Elwood, Ind., blew into Philadelphia. He announced to newsmen: "My campaign headquarters are in my hat. Be sure to put it down that I'm having a swell time." Talking all the way, followed by a curious crowd, he strode down Broad St. until he reached convention headquarters at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. There, in the lobby, the upstart Presidential candidate was almost mobbed...
Wednesday night, a weary Willkie flopped down beside the radio to hear Halleck's nominating speech. He listened while Halleck pleaded his cause, told the story of Wendell Willkie, who had been born 48 years ago to a lawyer mother and a lawyer father in Elwood, Ind., now wanted to be President. This Willkie boy had worked as a harvest hand in Minnesota, in the oil fields of Texas, had run a tent hotel in a Colorado boom town, worked as a migrant laborer in California. He had gone to Indiana University, been admitted to the bar, married pretty...
...sixth, as State after State began rolling over to him, photographers got their cameras ready, flash bulbs set. Illinois shifted heavily, Michigan came, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia - it was all over. He had been nominated for President of the U. S. Mr. Willkie, formerly of Elwood, Ind. rose; someone pushed him toward a microphone in an adjoining room, and he said in a subdued voice: "I'm overwhelmed. I'm deeply grateful. . . . Now I want to go and join my family...
...days, and only forty-eight days ago, I started out to preach to the American people the doctrine of unity, the doctrine of the destiny of America. . . . The cause is great. We must win. We cannot fail if we stand together in one united fight." Added Mr. Willkie of Elwood, Ind.: "Now I'm going to sleep for a week...