Word: health
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Times: "Chief of Police-Joseph Heimann, assistant waiter, three times sentenced, including a sentence of five years' imprisonment for highway robbery. Public Security-Johann Nowack, shoemaker, four times convicted, and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for manslaughter. Religion and Education-Alex Henderkott, keeper of disorderly houses, 22 convictions. Health-Heinrich Groll, manservant, twelve convictions. Traffic-Johann Paffenholz, messenger, 23 convictions. Art-Ludwig Schulz, trumpeter, 13 convictions. Guardian of the Poor-Ferdinand Graf, painter and decorator, six convictions. Simon, workman, 15 convictions. Military Service-Robert Junker, baker, three convictions. Five officials without portfolio are named with 30 convictions among them...
With 22 charges the State House of Representatives of Oklahoma passed a bill of impeachment against Governor J. C. Walton. The charges varied from placing his private chauffeur on the payroll of the Health Department to attempting to prevent a meeting of the legislature, and to accepting a bribe of $6,000 for approving a legislative bill. Except on one charge, that the Governor refused to permit the capital punishment laws to be carried out (he has pardoned and paroled almost 300 prisoners), the vote on every count was heavily against the Governor. On the capital punishment charge the vote...
...These people, whispered the ward executive, as he was being introduced, don't care a damn about the tax rate, or the schools, or the health department, or any other issue of the campaign. All they care about is this antivivisection stuff. If you are with them on that, they will be with you, and if you are against them, they will be against you to a man. They are worth about 1,500 votes. There are no reporters here and if you say the right thing we can get them...
...Auckland Geddes, Ambassador to the U. S., now in London, said in answer to inquiries after his health by a correspondent of The New York Times: " My eye trouble, I am glad to say, is very much better. You see how I look. As a matter of fact, I received six months' leave of absence from the Foreign Office." " Then you may be back before Christmas," it was suggested. " Well, I might be," he replied, "but I do want to see my boys when they come home for the Christmas holidays...
...announced that the opera manager, Mr. Conreid, had resigned because of ill health. A new manager was needed ? more than a manager, a giant, a prodigy. Metropolitan and deficit had become synonymous words. For years the organization had staggered along under heavy losses. Philanthropic patiences were said to be verging on exhaustion. With financial evils there were bickerings and disturbances. And when you have singers and musicians dissensions become wars and disputes pitched battles. Some subtle intelligence and masterful hand was needed to put the Metropolitan on its feet. The process normal to good business ? and the Directors...