Word: indianas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...list of candidates for Harry Woodring's temporary job as Secretary of War was lopped from the top last week when President Roosevelt appointed Indiana's Paul Vories McNutt to be U. S. High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. In Washington, the New York News's Columnists John O'Donnell & Doris Fleeson reported the following exchange between two Indianians who had been grooming their handsome ex-Governor for the White House...
Paul McNutt may not know much about Philippine economic problems, but in 45 years he has acquired an impressive experience in law, war and politics. Finishing Harvard Law School in 1916, he became an assistant professor at Indiana University Law School, rose to be the youngest dean it had ever had. Meantime he served as instructor in U. S. camps during the War, rising from captain to major in the Field Artillery. In 1928 he was elected national commander of the American Legion, went on from there to become Governor of Indiana in 1933. Blessed with a distinguishing shock...
Others put the argument in different fashion. Explaining his position to the Indiana General Assembly, Representative Samuel B. Pettengill of South Bend, wrote: "A packed jury, a packed Court and a stacked deck of cards are on the same moral plane. ... It is more power than a good man should want or a bad man should have...
...they included such veterans as Hiram Johnson, Arthur Vandenberg and Gerald Nye. The Democrats aligned solidly with these included such gentlemen as Glass & Byrd of Virginia, Connally of Texas, Bailey of North Carolina, Wheeler of Montana, Clark of Missouri, Burke of Nebraska, George of Georgia, Van Nuys of Indiana...
...Donald Ray Lash, Indiana University runner: the fastest two-mile race in history: in 8 min. 58 sec., shading Paavo Nurmi's indoor record (8:58.2) and his own outdoor world record (8:58.3); in Boston's Garden...