Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reported to have written Jim Farley a stream of job-begging letters lately, ending with one which told a story about a drunk who encountered the ghost of St. Paul. "Tell me," said the drunk, "did you ever get an answer to your letter to the Ephesians...
...James Aloysius Farley, 92%; voice quality good, delivery & mannerisms very good, poise excellent. Chief asset: "an easy poise that seems to say,'. . . I'll let you in on something...
...Most embarrassed president was John H. Reynolds, of small, Methodist Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. To speak and be kudized at the college's commencement he invited Roman Catholic Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley, good friend to the president of the college's board of trustees, Utilityman Harvey Couch (Arkansas Power and Light, Kansas City Southern Railway). Mr. Farley came, spoke and was kudized, but not before a number of Arkansas Methodists, among them Teetotaler Dr. A. C. Millar, a former Hendrix president, had kicked up a storm because Teetotaler James Farley had helped repeal Prohibition...
...Moines (to postmasters): "Everything we do should be calculated to assist and encourage private enterprise." Crossing Missouri, Jim Farley listened closely to what people had to say about Democrat Lloyd C. Stark, fair-haired reform Governor. He was careful to avoid Boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City, upon whom Governor Stark sicked Attorney-General Murphy and got him indicted (TIME, April 17). In Kansas, which went Republican last year, Jim Farley got right down to the grassroots, motored from Salina to Topeka with stops at a dozen towns. Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona were on his course, then California, where...
...Washington last week toward the New York World's Fair (thence to New England) rolled a roadshow long promised to stamp collectors by Jim Farley: a three-ton truck fitted up as a philatelic museum, displaying 535 varieties, representing every U. S. stamp. Announced value was $1,000,000, although the displays are unused, unsalable, imperforate proofs from original plates. Visitors to the truck can buy a 10? history of U. S. philately, current and commemorative stamps. Hot off a tiny press, they get blue souvenir stickers of the White House portico where Philatelist Roosevelt last week dedicated...