Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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McAdoo Out? George W. Olvany, Tammany leader, reported that William G. McAdoo was out of the race for the 1928 Democratic nomination. Mr. Olvany said he received this information from a close friend of Mr. McAdoo. The name of the close friend was not given...
...Baldwin introduced a long-threatened bill to curtail debate and force a vote within 16 days on the second reading of the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Bill (TIME, May 9).* This procedure, cloture, is so seldom employed in England that the Laborites puffed and huffed with indignation. Their leader, John Robert Clynes,† rose dark with wrath, declaring that the Opposition was being "insulted by the audacity of the Government" in proposing to cut short debate upon "a bill which is not only one of the worst pieces of legal draftsmanship on record, but moreover so mangled by amendments...
...stiffest contest on the New Haven courts promises to be the clash between Captain J. F. W. Whitbeck '27 and Charles Watson III, leader of the Blue forces. Following is the draw for the first team matches: Whitbeck vs. Watson; L. H. Gordon '27 vs. McGlinn; B. H. Whitbeck '29 vs. Jackson; Stephen Thompson '27 vs. Reed; J. H. Appleton '29 vs. Barker; T. O. Kingsbury '27 vs. Mahan. In the doubles, Whitbeck and Gordon will pair off against Watson and McGlinn, Kingsbury and B. H. Whitbeck against Jackson and Barker; Appleton and J. C. Reuter '28 against Barker...
Minnesota is first in percentage of alumni participation in the Harvard Law School endowment campaign, and New York is the leader in the amount of money contributed, according to an analysis of alumni contributions by states which was announced yesterday at the New York headquarters of the Fund. The analysis shows that subscriptions from alumni of the School have now been received from 46 states, and from Porto Rice. Hawaii and various foreign countries...
...resigning polo captain is rated as one of the strongest college players in the country. Captain Winston Guest of Yale being the only player having a higher outdoor handicap. Pinkerton played on the University team as a Freshman, when first-year men were permitted to play, and was elected leader of the trio the following year. He has led every team since then, and in 1925 captained the outfit to its intercollegiate title...