Word: huey
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Shanghai, China, Feb. 1--Harverimplymp. Chiang Kaishek missing stop cannot locate Chinese capital stop urge send Huey immediately stop signed associated press Shanghai stop...
...five candidates for Lieutenant Governor was Earl Long, brother of redheaded, hard-bitten Huey Pierce Long, simultaneously Governor and U. S. Senator. But between the Brothers Long is intense political animosity. Earl was running on a ticket pledged to turn Huey out of his political dictatorship of Louisiana. He was badly beaten and Brother Huey was happy. What made him happy though, was not his brother's inconspicuous defeat but rather his own success in picking the State's next Governor...
With his man elected, Huey Long was ready to change from Governor to Senator. In a private car he journeyed to Washington while Dr. Paul Cyr and Alvin O. King bickered over who was to be acting Governor of Louisiana. King won, was sworn in as Governor, while Cyr sneered: "usurper!" Senator Long took ten rooms at the Mayflower Hotel, received the Press in lavender pajamas and declared: "I'm a small fish here perhaps but I'm the kingfish to the people of Louisiana." He smoked his way into the Senate, announced himself "ready for business...
...recent years America has been especially rich in demagogues, from Mayor Thompson to the magnificent Huey Long of Louisiana, but none of them surpass "Alfalfa Bill" in the hearty buffoonery which is a large part of their appeal. His refusal to shave his moustache on the ground that doing so is injurious to the eyes deserves to be a classic of Americana. The obliging habit of standing on his head for reporters as proof that advanced ago has not destroyed his vigor is likewise a masterpiece of publicity hunting. With the Democratic convention approaching, his efforts for prominence will doubtless...
...game has not pleased me at all. I recognize the fact that Holy Cross is, in all probability, going to put on a good fight, but the Crusaders will hardly come close to victory. Their strength has been noised abroad in words too praiseworthy. My son, I. Fling Huey, scouted Doly Cross and he wired me from Worcester last night "Don't let the sports writers McEwan elk. They're playing up Holy Cross. Harvard will win by a good score." Then I remembered how Holy Cross was played up two years ago and I also recalled how Harvard...