Word: governors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was one more important job to do; then the tired, sad-eyed man with the soft voice and spring-steel will could go home. From his somber headquarters in Berlin this week, the U.S. Military Governor for Germany would send the order to the troops and civilians of his command: get the trains, trucks and barges moving back into Berlin. After that, General Lucius DuBignon Clay would be heading back to the U.S. for retirement...
...Ogden, Utah celebrated the 80th anniversary of the day California's Governor Leland Stanford helped drive a golden spike into newly laid tracks at nearby Promontory Point, thus completing the nation's first transcontinental railroad...
...Stoke had been doing such a fine job that they wanted to give him a formal vote of confidence. In case anyone had any doubts about the future of Harold Stoke, the board had a word from Earl Long: "I am glad to leave to your judgment," said the governor, "the administration of L.S.U. I have never interfered and will not interfere with the selection of those to head the university...
...capitol at Springfield, had spent two weeks digging through old Illinois state payrolls to unearth the smelly story. At least 33 Illinois editors & publishers of small-town newspapers, they reported, had been paid a total of $305,000 by the State of Illinois during the two terms of Republican Governor Dwight Green, defeated last November. Their relatives had pocketed another...
...payroll had actually earned their money on responsible state jobs. But most of the others, reported Thiem and Harris, had been riding the "gravy train" as "field investigators" and "messenger clerks." One publisher drew $850 as a "public works laborer." But many did render substantial service to Governor Green, said Thiem and Harris -especially at election time. They had faithfully filled their newspapers with editorials and stories ground out by the Green publicity mill...