Word: governors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This maxim," observed the pious New Orleans Times-Picayune, ". . . is an admirably appropriate motto for an incoming Governor of Louisiana at this time...
...senior Senator, Frederick Van Nuys. When the New Deal called for a purge last year, McNutt & Co. tried to read Senator Van Nuys out of their party. When they found Mr. Van Nuys too tenacious, they had to read him back in again, which shamed and embittered Governor Cliff Townsend, who was told off to do both readings...
...months ago grizzled blackamoor Prince Batoula, 44-year-old scion of a once potent Senegalese dynasty, came to the U. S. His father, Sheik Mamadou. is the "ruling notable" of nearly 2,000,000 Senegalese of French West Africa, although the French Governor General's word in that section of the world is generally considered final. The Prince, Heir Apparent to the "throne," wore flowing blue robes, the green and gold skull cap of the Senegalese sovereigns. He also carried a ram's horn suspended from his neck, ten World War decorations and a fountain pen across...
Last week U. S. Drama, Inc. put on Irish night over MBS, featuring William J. Bailey, the Singing Fireman, rendering Rose of Tralee, and famed ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith, the unhappy Democratic warrior, who pitched right into Communism...
...college trustees, appointed by conservative, Democratic Governor Clarence D. Martin, found the charges false. Thereupon Sefrit's cronies went to see the Governor. The Governor summoned his trustees. Six weeks ago the trustees, without public explanation, announced that President Fisher would lose his job in August...