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...biggest, coldest, and most callous city in the world, this mighty mite--part-Italian, part-Jewish, and very poor by birth--had endeared himself to millions of metropolitan hearts. His willingness to express himself frankly and enthusiastically on any subject imaginable had gained Fiorello H. La Guardia the reputation of complete honesty and sincerity among his fellow New Yorkers and among his many admirers all through the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/10/1940 | See Source »

...least the symbol of a golden age that had not entirely died. He had surmounted difficulties that would have been insurmountable in any other country, and pulled himself up to a position of eminence by his own boot-straps. Vag remembered that the Crimson had long ago nominated Fiorello for President in 1944--Vag thought it was a pretty good idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/10/1940 | See Source »

...Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York City will speak at the Indoor Athletic Building at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 4/10/1940 | See Source »

...believer in repetition, Sculptor Wheelock keeps on experimenting. His lively, engaging pieces range from a plump, belligerent figure of Fiorello LaGuardia to an abstract, pinafored Little Girl, from a bat-swinging Babe Ruth (Sultan of Swat), all curves and planes, to a shiny, swivel-hipped Black Dancer. "When a man stops adventuring," says practical Warren Wheelock, "he stops being an artist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Self-Taught Sculptor | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...Miss Isabella Comeron gave the Finnish Legation in Washington a $2,000 diamond bracelet. Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procopé issued an immediate appeal for bicycles. New York's fiery, hen-shaped Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia told 1,200 lunchers thatcivilization was on the side of Finland and Finland was on the side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: For Finland | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

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