Word: jerseyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...immediately drew fire from New Jersey's redheaded Congressman Fred Hartley, committee chairman and coauthor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Hartley's voice trembled with outrage as he cried: "Do you know that the London Gramophone Corp. is flying records to the United States, and that it brought in twelve tons this week and that 250,000 more records are on the way? These British companies will make lots of "money...
...When New Jersey's Millionaire Senator Albert Hawkes arrived in Washington six years ago, the late Minority Leader Charles McNary took a look at his record and remarked: "His economic thinking goes back to B.C." Last week New Jersey's G.O.P. machine decided that it was time to update. With the full approval of up-&-coming Governor Alfred Driscoll, state G.O.P. leaders unanimously resolved: "Senator Hawkes has little if any prospects of re-election and would be rendering a notable service to the state and nation were he to withdraw his candidacy...
...Jersey's Bergen County Common Pleas Court, U.S. citizenship was granted in a hurry to Mrs. Stella Lewandowski, widowed mother of three sons killed in World...
Both of them had crossed the Atlantic with European titles on their minds. In Prague's Winter Sports Stadium last week, Canada's 19-year-old Barbara Ann Scott had hers to defend, and New Jersey's 18-year-old Dick Button...
...Louis also gained recognition of a sort. The sportwriters rated his performance against Jersey Joe Walcott as the "flop of the year." Off next month to give exhibitions in London, Joe was in for a warm reception. Thirty British Guardsmen (all about 6 ft. and 180 lbs.) have volunteered to serve as his sparring partners. Said a spokesman of the Guards: "If any of them get knocked silly-well they'll regard it as an honor...