Word: governors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...insurance salesman James Roosevelt was an instant success. As son of the then Governor of New York and likeliest future President of the U. S., he had many valuable contacts. Business boomed so fast that James Roosevelt forsook the law school after one year to spend all his time acquiring financial independence...
...civil commotions since. With San Antonio's police chief, she carries on a feud which has landed her in jail on countless occasions. Among the Spanish-speaking San Antonio proletariat, she is known as "La Pasionaria de Texas." Since her husband, Homer Brooks, former Communist nominee for Governor of Texas, lives in Houston, their marital life is confined to irregular weekends, but Emma Tenayuca declares pertly: "I love my husband and am a good cook...
...assistance of her "gang,'' some 300 devoted followers whom she deploys with a masterly hand in picket line or mass meeting. But by week's end the strike had gone into the legal trenches with hearings, investigations, applications for injunctions and loud demands to the Governor for Texas Rangers to enforce civil liberties in San Antonio...
These things are no secrets in Pennsylvania: 1) that John L. Lewis wants his friend and fellow Mine Worker, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Kennedy, elected Governor this year; 2) that Pennsylvania's Democratic boss, Senator Joseph F. Guffey does not want him at the head of the ticket because Mr. Kennedy is a better labor man than Democrat; 3) that Pennsylvania's present Governor, George Howard Earle, can hardly afford to alienate either Joseph Guffey or the strongest labor leader in U. S. history if he expects to be elected Senator this year and President in 1940. Last week...
...vote favoring repeal in the measure's second reading on Tuesday was considered a strong indication that the legislation be placed on Governor Hurley's desk. His veto message last year and his remarks at the opening of the present session of the General Court assert his firm support of the oath...