Word: jim
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Democratic!" Within the first few months of his FCC chairmanship, Mr. McNinch served notice on lobbyists that their visits and pleadings to Commissioners would receive the fullest publicity. He brought the Commission up to date on its hearings, eliminated departmental divisions, which caused the dismissal of a friend of Jim Farley, a relative of Justice Black and the nephew of Sam Rayburn. The little man, it was agreed, had lots of political nerve...
Then for the Big Red muscular Jim Young is at the timing position. He led the Cornell boat at a furious pace to finish 10 feet behind Navy, has worked his seven sweepers in two weeks of unbroken practice towards a combination that is almost invincible...
Both Curtis and Holderness have their equals this year, however. Jim Lightbody should better Curtis's mark in the 440, and Captain Alex Northrop of the Crimson is almost certain to lead the mile below the 4:20 mark...
...plan of union contemplated a new body (The Methodist Church) composed of five regional Methodist conferences, and a sixth conference embracing 360,000 Negro Methodists regardless of geography. If this smelled of Jim Crow to some Northern liberals, it smelled of too much brotherly love to some Southern diehards. Led by Virginia's Bishop Collins Denny (retired), these antiunionists pounded the racial angle for all it was worth. Stumping the South, 84-year-old Bishop Denny cried: "What are you going to do if eight or ten Negroes come and say, 'Here are our certificates, and we want...
...hurdles Mason Fernald '40, will have an opportunity to show his worth against Jack Donovan, Hartman, and Bill Watson, a trio of some of the strongest hurdlers in the East. The quarter-mile should also be an interesting spectacle with Jim Lightbody '40 pitted against Jud Foster. Warren King of Dartmouth will be a strong contender in both the broad jump and the dash...