Word: laguardias
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Peppery little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia of New York personally put his city's bid in for 1937. Even more foresighted, the town of Closter, N. J. (pop. 2,502) announced its candidacy for the 1976 meeting place, by which time its supporters claimed it would have absorbed New York, 20 mi. away. Cleveland's bed & blimp...
...Smith declined to sing his theme song, The Sidewalks of New York. But he joined Commissioner Moses, Mayor LaGuardia and the other two judges in rendering Sweet Adeline, sourly...
...Said Mr. LaGuardia shortly after being sworn in as Mayor in 1934, "My mother undoubtedly had Jewish blood in her veins, but I never thought I had enough in mine to justify boasting about...
...Despite strong hints to U. S. news services by German spokesmen that their Gov ernment expects an official apology from Washington for the Bremen flag incident and Federal action to force a license for "Mr. K." from Mayor LaGuardia, the only result was that the Mayor said he "would abide by the State Department's decision" if it should rule on "Mr. K." To Germans it was occult that New York Representative Samuel Dickstein should have risen in Congress latt week to call Realmleader Hitler a madman, a mur derer and the protagonist of an insane theory of government...
...city. When last week the Association hinted at holding its next convention in Manhattan, Governor Herbert Henry Lehman telegraphed: "The people of New York will be very highly honored. . . ." The Mer- chants Association of New York City telegraphed: "Upon recommendation of Dr. Goldwater, Commissioner of Hospitals. Mayor LaGuardia is issuing invitation to be forwarded by telegraph...