Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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More in the nature of spectators than opponents were the ragged anti-Long array: old-line New Orleans Democrats; New Dealers, politically anemic in spite of spoonfeeding by Postmaster General Farley; reform zealots; lady Long-haters...
Does Franklin forget Jim Farley's prayer...
...whistle, perhaps, Ed Farley's air? Yale Daily News
...that scene was only erased that afternoon by the excitement of picking a convention city in which fo renominate Franklin Roosevelt. A sporting atmosphere was introduced right at the start by canny William Gibbs McAdoo. Speaking in behalf of San Francisco, California's Democratic Senator inquired of Boss Farley: "Is this going to be a poker game or a straight...
...Farley-Riley, The two characters who were chiefly responsible for earmarking the U. S. winter of 1936 with this insane melody were named Eddy Farley, fleshy master-of-ceremonies, and Mike Riley, emaciated trombone player, at a small dive called the Onyx Club in Manhattan's iniquitous West 52nd Street. Last week they claimed to be $1,000 richer than they were a month ago when the song was first published, with royalties just beginning to come in. They expected to make a trip to Hollywood to do a series of cinema shorts. Meanwhile their names were last week...