Word: farleys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clubhouse were John D. Hertz, Jack Dempsey, Postmaster General Farley, Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane and J. H. Louchheim of Philadelphia, who bet $1,000 on his Morpluck and then contrived to lose his pari-mutuel tickets to a pickpocket who got no good out of them. A squad of National Guardsmen used clubs to keep the spectators in the infield under control. The spectators threw chairs at the guardsmen...
Brooks: stroke, Louis C. Farley, Jr. '36; 7, Robert M. Parker '37; 6, Reginald D. Kernan '37; 5, Claude T. Richards 1G; 4, Robert A. Little '37; 3, John C. Storey '35; 2, John F. Ducey, Jr. '36; bow, John B. Bayley '37; cox, Henry K. McVickar...
...From the first the President, whom he helped nominate, definitely would have no truck with him. The Administration, in fact, lined up against him, gave him no patronage, indicted his friends for income tax evasion. He began, according to his custom, a campaign of retaliation, singling out Postmaster General Farley as the Administration's Achilles heel. Democratic leaders thought they had to reply and in no time public interest filled the Senate galleries whenever Senator Long appeared on the floor. He became a national character, which from his standpoint was both enjoyable and profitable...
...head of that office-Senator Long's Marvin Mclntyre, "Steve" Early and James Aloysius Farley rolled into one-is Earle J. Christenberry. Secretary Christenberry works on a yearly contract, holds Mr. Long's power of attorney, pays his bills, looks after his $55,000 life insurance. Fourteen years ago Mr. Christenberry claimed the world's record in stenography, later ran a public stenographic service in New Orleans. He got his job early one morning when Huey Long called him up and dictated a long letter over the telephone. Nowadays he works Sundays, nights and holidays. He sees...
...Tobacco Road. Between acts he stepped into a restaurant to buy cigarets. The master of ceremonies took one look at him, signaled the orchestra for a fanfare, announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us tonight one of the greatest celebrities of the nation, the Honorable James A. Farley, Postmaster General of the United States." Resorting to a defense which he perfected to rebuff friends of Mr. Farley who hail him in hotel lobbies as "Jim," Mayor Smith quickly lighted a cigaret. But the crowd, unaware that Mr. Farley does not smoke, craned necks, goggled, clapped...