Word: good
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Illinois last fortnight revealed nothing about Republican sentiment in that key State except that the local gentlemen do not want National Chairman John Hamilton's finger poking into their local affairs. Over Charles B. Goodspeed, the G. O. P.'s national treasurer and John Hamilton's good friend, they elected Hill Blackett, 47, advertising tycoon (Blackett-Sample-Hummert Inc.), who handled radio time for the Landon campaign. Announced Committeeman Blackett last week: "Any man has an equal chance as far as I'm concerned...
Last week Pope-baiting Tom-Tom got an answer from Pope-revering Frank Murphy, who, turning a good Christian cheek, told his press conference: "I want him to get an appropriate job, and I will take full responsibility...
...keep on good terms with good neighbors in Latin America, and turn bad ones into good ones, the U. S. lately has lavished foofaraw and funds on Brazil, Haiti, Nicaragua. Last week in Washing ton, Paraguay's President-elect José Félix Estigarribia got his share: a $500,000 credit to bolster the wavering Paraguayan peso, plus further loans to finance purchases of U. S. materials, machinery, services for Paraguayan roads and industry...
Aware that Germany yearns to get in Paraguay's good books with barter dealings, Secretary of State Cordell Hull beam ingly chalked up another score for "inter-American cooperation," devised others yet to come...
...hard-drinking ex-cowboy who worships Napoleon, has false teeth, and in part owes his rise to Oswaldo Aranha. He talks so much about imbuing Brazilians with military spirit that he has had to deny any personal ambition to be a military dictator. To all appearances he is a good & loyal servant of Dictator-President Getulio Vargas and as such he will be accorded honors only less than those due a visiting ruler. A tank escort, a military guard at the Brazilian Embassy, a chat with Franklin Roosevelt, tea with Cordell Hull, the personal attentions of Chief of Staff Malin...