Word: ick
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March 6 issue you give the pronunciation of the new Secretary of the Interior's name as "Ick...
Secretary Ickes' youngest son, Robert, a freshman at Lake Forest College, pronounces his name as "Ick-ees." And people who know well-known Mrs. Anna Wilmarth Ickes say that she says "Ick...
Secretary of the Interior. Harold L. Ickes (pronounced "Ick-us"), 58, of Chicago, is a Midwest maverick appointed as a reward to progressive Republican bolters. He was recommended to the President-elect by Republican Senators Johnson of California and Cutting of New Mexico after they had both rejected Cabinet bids. The Ickes appointment started loud grumbles among Illinois' Democratic leaders who were completely ignored in the selection...