Word: ferguson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aboard. Freight and express revenues estimated at $500,000 had to be rejected in accordance with Air Ministry orders. Only excess cargo was a bunch of peonies for King George from Viscount Willingdon, governor-general; and a box of Canadian peaches for the Prince of Wales from Prime Minister Ferguson of Ontario. The homeward flight was uneventful until the second night when severe headwinds were accompanied by a deluge which overflowed the ballast tanks, penetrated the fabric, sloshed into the cabins, put the electric stove out of commission. Next day's breakfast consisted of sardines, whiskey & soda. The winds...
...accessible to the humblest employe of the Bureau. . . . If General Hines leaves us, as a result of the new combination we shall certainly regret the day it occurred. Being Director of the Veterans' Bureau as it is, is a herculean task for any man. . . . CLAUDINE FERGUSON...
Texas Democrats last week conducted their preliminary primaries. Eleven candidates were in the field. Most vigorous were Ross S. Sterling, rich Houston publisher, and, by proxy, "Ma" (Mrs. Miriam A.) Ferguson, proxy for her redoubtable husband, James E. Ferguson, onetime impeached Governor of Texas. A one-time bank president, in this campaign he dubbed himself "Farmer Jim." He promised two governors for the price of one, "Ma" in office, "Farmer Jim" in the offices. Publisher Sterling is Governor Dan Moody's Chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission. This was his first campaign for public office. His main plank...
...Massachusetts' Treadway at fashionable Chevy Chase Club. Sprightly, he drives his own car, a black Buick coupe, also maintains a Cadillac, a Negro chauffeur. From his luxurious Stamford residence, he golfs at the Wee Burn, Suburban, or Woodway country clubs, takes much interest in the town's Ferguson Library, the Children's Home. He likes the theatre and concerts...
...positions next year are: Sterling Dow '25. Instructor in the department of History: S. E. Gleason '27, Instructor and Tutor in the department of History: C. A. Pendar 2L; James Ried 1L; C. Van Tyne '29, at present an instructor at Groton School: W. R. Harper '30; G. M. Ferguson '26, at present instructor in History at the University of Maine: A. R. Sweezy '29; and W. J. Bender...