Word: farleyized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sixth floor of the building a fire had started among old files. Unable to attack it properly through the one door of the room, firemen chopped holes through the eight-inch concrete ceiling, poured in water which cascaded down to the lower floors, ruined the paneling in Postmaster General Farley's swank reception room. Washington firefighters, some 40 of whom were overcome by smoke, were bitter because they have to put out fires in Federal buildings
Tide, marketing tradesheet. investigated the drugstore buying habits of Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley, reported: "Mr. Farley buys Squibb toothpaste. He also buys Squibb Shaving Cream. He's a heavy user of Listerine and pretty regular on Wrigley's (Spearmint). He never buys patent medicines...
Last week, warmed by an announcement from Postmaster General Farley that he would ask Congress for an Atlantic airmail appropriation, the conferees agreed to compromise. Tentative conclusions...
...barred from use of the mails. Since holding companies representing some 80% of the U. S. utility business refused to register with the Securities & Exchange Commission, the major part of the industry was last week probably violating the law. This put Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley in a tight spot. He finally wriggled out by announcing that he had no intention of cracking down on utility letter-writing-"at least not before the validity of the Act is judicially determined by the Supreme Court...
...hold the match on the courts of the Harvard Club of New York. Playing against the Western University will be those five squashmen whose homes are in New York: G. G. Glidden '36, R. W. Gilder '36, R. M. Dorson '37, J. J. Knox '36, and E. I. Farley...