Word: lyn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lynden Smith, Pontiac, Ill., lumberman, had it. He had it to such a powerful degree that he attracted the nose of Governor Henry Horner in 1936. The Governor was out for reelection, and the powerful Kelly-Nash machine was out to stop him. It was backslapping, 44-year-old Lyn Smith, a Kiwanian, Mason, Shriner. Elk, World War veteran, whom Henry Horner chose to manage his campaign downstate. Mr. Smith's reward for helping Horner win was the directorship of the State Department of Public Works...
Records of receipts, many another item were noted by Mr. Smith in a little black book. He became known, to the knowing, as "the man who knew 10,000 secrets." In Illinois, Lyn Smith became a name that meant something-something rather murky-in politics...
...months ago, for some dark reason, the inner council door suddenly slammed shut in Lyn Smith's face. One rumor was that he had dared to tell Henry Horner, who had been ill for over a year, that he should not run again for Governor. Control of the "slush" fund was taken out of Smith's hands, given to State Finance Director Sam Nudelman. Lyn Smith became visibly nervous. He took to carrying a revolver, surrounded himself with guards of State police. He still had his little black book, and he was reported to have told a newspaper...