Word: lundin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Frederick ("Terrible Swede") Lundin, 79, notorious GOPolitical boss of Chicago in its toughest, Al Capone-infested days; of a coronary thrombosis; in Beverly Hills, Calif. An oldtime machine politician, Lundin was the power behind William Hale ("Big Bill') Thompson's 1915 election as mayor and Governor Len Small's infamous state administration...
...Epstein, Boston Latin; Preston W. Gifford, Jr., Fairhaven High School, Fairhaven; Ralph Gross '49, James Madison High School, Brooklyn; Frederic D. Houghteling, Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire; Albert A. Kopf, George Washington High School, New York; Vasilios G. Letsou, Lowell High School; Norman G. Levinsky, Boston Latin; Robert F. Lundin, Medford High School' Frederick W. Marx, Jr. Phillips Academy, Exeter; Thomas F. O'Dea, Amesbury High School; Charles I. Shade, Central High School, Memphis; Arthur Sicular '49, Bronx High School of Science, New York; Robert H. Stahl, Brooklyn Central High School; Simon Stopek, Eastside High School, Patterson, New Jersey; Harold...
...breezy giant entered Chicago politics in 1900 on a bet; in 1915 he was elected mayor by the largest plurality ever counted in any U.S. city up to that time. "Big Bill" was frequently accused of pro-Germanism during World War I. By 1919 he and Fred ("Terrible Swede") Lundin had built a political machine second to none; Thompson coasted to a second term on the slogan "Freedom for Ireland." His last term (1927-31) was his most colorful. Elected on a promise to "punch King George's snoot" if that worthy ever visited Chicago, he found the city...