Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Also selected were John E. Mara of Wellesly Hills, Jerry N. Markham of Savannah, Georgia Sam Masarachia of Indianapolis, Indiana, Frank J. Morrison of Jersey City, New Jersey, Harry, B. Morrison of Morristown, New Jersey, and Lloyd Carrol Murdock of Ogden Utah...
...This bill is a very important step toward a solution to the dollar-shortage problem, the sterling problem and the continuation of our own prosperity," declared Georgia's studious Walter George. "If we do not make every effort to [maintain export trade], we might as well abandon the Marshall Plan and stop wasting our money." After seven days of debate, the Senate was facing a vote on extension of the reciprocal-trade program...
...crusade against gambling, the Atlanta Journal (circ. 246,000) last week printed the names and addresses of 1,500 owners and operators of slot machines, which are illegal in Georgia. The Journal got the names by checking on who had paid the federal stamp tax on the machines. High on the list was Atlanta's Capital City Club. President of the Capital City Club: George C. Biggers. President of the Atlanta Journal: George C. Biggers...
...twice-married Mary Lou was having no trouble adding more diamonds to her crown as a queen of jazz. In her spare time, she was still turning out such imaginative first-class concert arrangements as her Georgia Brown, Blue Skies and Shorty Boo for Duke Ellington (her latest: Scorpio and Lonely Moments). She had already conquered Carnegie Hall (in 1946), has since been on even more consecrated ground with concerts at Yale and Cornell...
Died. Robert ("Bobby") Walthour Sr., 71, Georgia-born bicyclist who retired 20 years ago after breaking his collarbone for the 29th time, simultaneously held the U.S. and European speed records (in 1903 he pedaled a mile in 1 min. 7 sec.); of pneumonia; in Boston...