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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every day does a President of the U. S. set foot on Trinidad. Until last week, in fact, no U. S. President ever did so. Yet on the morning of Franklin Roosevelt's arrival at Port of Spain neither was he mentioned on the front page of any local paper nor was he the chief topic of conversation among the islanders. Trinidaddies that day were thinking and talking about their ex-King and Mrs. Simpson...
When Sir Murchison had departed, within a few minutes President Roosevelt followed him, went ashore in the local steamer Tobago, drove out to Government House. There after a few swizzles of excellent Trinidad rum, they shook their heads in private over Mrs. Simpson's triumph, ate a highly seasoned luncheon, motored for 25 miles through the countryside before the Indianapolis was ready to sail...
...Providence, Rhode Island's Electoral College did not know until the last minute whether it could meet. Reason: in the town of Warwick four voting machines in one ward had been locked up because of a local contest. Opened at the last minute they showed that false totals had been reported, 200 votes on each machine. Democratic Mayor John A. O'Brien, instead of being re-elected by 179 votes, lost by 621 votes to Republican Albert P. Ruerat. After a three-hour delay: for Roosevelt & Garner, 4 electoral votes...
...strongest Relief lobby in the U. S. -the Conference of Mayors-had gone into action. Headed by Mayor LaGuardia of New York, who has among his constituents nearly 10% of the 2,500,000 people on the WPA payrolls and who forbade his police to obey the local WPAdministrator's request to oust sit-down strikers from WPA offices, a delegation of mayors had invaded Washington, demanded continuation of Relief at November levels, offered to lobby a new Relief appropriation through Congress as soon as it meets in January, sent an indignant wireless to Franklin Roosevelt...
...Local adherents will have their next opportunity to see the crimson pucksters in action during the week following the close of vacation, George Ford will lead his mates into a three game home schedule with McGill, Toronto, and Dartmouth sure to furnish plenty of opposition. The games will be played on Tuesday, January 5, Thursday, January 7, and Saturday, January 9 on the Garden...