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...defeat of her half-brother also numbered the happy days of big, buxom, buoyant Dolly Curtis Gann as Second Lady of the Land. From a modest vine-clad house in Cleveland Park she had risen to queen it over Washington society. The nation's snickers at her battle for precedence over Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the late Speaker's wife, had left her unabashed. She it was who kept her brother Charlie's backbone stiff in demanding every honor due the Vice President. She had come to fancy herself as a political spellbinder and G.O.P. headquarters found...
...displace President Hoover at this critical juncture would be a real calamity for the whole world?Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann...
...Senator Arthur Capper's luncheon, the Vice President received the news on the north steps of the State capitol. That location was chosen for economy's sake, as no expensive awning was needed to shade the notifiers. With the Vice President were his sister, Mrs. Dolly Gann; his daughter, Mrs. Leona Knight; his rambunctious son Harry. On the lawn were 5,000 spectators. Nominee Curtis made a speech. It was broadcast over 48 stations but omitted from New York and Chicago...
...away!" shouted Husband Gann at the newshawks. "Newspapers? What do we care?" cried he, and complained about having been called "Mr. Dolly Gann" in the public prints...
...Just tell them I'm happy, and thank everybody for being so kind," called stal wart Mrs. Gann. "Platform? I haven't a thing to say about the platform. . . . I think the platform is all right. . . . I'm going to speak at Newport...