Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eight months later, at the expiration of the gubernatorial term, Earl was out of the statehouse. The reformers, led by an unknown young attorney named "Sad Sam" Jones, were in at last. Sam Jones streamlined the government, set up civil service, and spoke of getting payrolls and industry for the...
But there wasn't any free stuff, and there wasn't much excitement. In 1944, the reformers committed an act of political cowardice. They ran Guitar Player Jimmy Davis for governor. Davis, who wanted to go to Hollywood, was a good candidate but a bad governor. He was...
Mrs. Jones, it seemed, had a decided personal desire, all right. By last week, 71 patients had received treatment in Bath. From now on, free of charge, more & more of Britain's arthritic and rheumatic poor would share the tile-lined baths and rubbing rooms with the hypochondriacal and...
Handsome Living. In the golden '20s, the years of the big names-the years of Dempsey, Tilden and Bobby Jones-Babe Ruth was the biggest draw of them all. With his big bat, he put baseball back on its feet and back in the hearts of the fans after...
Another Lunch. Melchior was not the only one prepared to rescue grand opera. In Manhattan, bustling little Showman Billy Rose, who jazzed-up Bizet in Carmen Jones, got front-page publicity with a proposal that wasn't as bumptious as it at first sounded. Five years ago, Billy had...