Word: mavericks
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...Mavericks are plentiful in Texas' Bexar County. They may-and do-fight among themselves. They may-and do-lambaste one another's politics. But when a Maverick gets in trouble, the Mavericks gather...
...weeks ago, the Mavericks gathered in a San Antonio court. Albert Maverick's boy Maury was in trouble. Dr. George Maverick came all the way from New York, smoked his pipe with an air of "I'm here if needed." Pretty Maverick girls flashed hot glances at anti-Mavericks...
...least of all himself, need have been surprised that Maury was in trouble. Politics is a tough business, and Bexar County is no Sunday school. When Maury Maverick got licked for re-election to Congress, he started to come back by getting himself elected Mayor of San Antonio. In his campaign he promised a general clean-up of the city. When he was elected, he started to make good his promise. Result: obvious to any freshman in political chemistry...
...from signing bonds for vice case defendants. Mr. Shook having shaken up some other interesting combinations, emerged from his laboratory with several indictments, on charges of paying and conspiring to pay the poll taxes of others (a prison offense in Texas). Most interesting name on the list was Mayor Maverick...
...Publicized by Brother Rats John Monks Jr. and Fred Finklehoff in Broadway and cinema successes. Other Brother Rats: Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Mayor Maury Maverick of San Antonio, Texas, Cinema Hero Jack Holt...