Word: hannegan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With the air of a man who suspects that his caller is playing a practical joke but is willing to string along for a while, Donaldson replied: "Yes, Mr. President." "Your boss has just resigned," said the voice. Donaldson knew that Postmaster General Bob Hannegan had just quit to buy the St. Louis Cardinals (see SPORT...
...most of the town's politicians. He had had a nodding acquaintance with County Judge Harry Truman in Kansas City in the '20s, but in Washington has seen him only infrequently. For the past year he has sometimes sat in at Cabinet meetings for often-absent Bob Hannegan; but he spoke only when spoken...
...figure that would make it the biggest baseball deal ever swung. But Sam Breadon, baseball's supersalesman, didn't look happy. His chin trembled and he went on haltingly: "I feel very badly. ... It's such a big organization and so successful." Bob Hannegan, who quit as Postmaster General (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) to take Sam's place as boss of the Cardinals, stepped forward to put a reassuring hand on his shoulder...
...moment for sports-loving Hannegan too: he had been a three-sport letter man at St. Louis University, an in corrigible baseball fan in Washington and a faithful follower of the football Redskins. Hannegan was the new name, but old baseball reporters couldn't keep their eyes off the old face : they had never seen Sam so visibly shaken...
...hottest report of the week: that the Cards would be sold for $3,500,000 to a syndicate headed by Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and the three movie-rich Skouras brothers...