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...Honesty is the first prerequisite of Boston politics," said Mayor-elect Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston in an interview with the CRIMSON last night. "My administration will redeem the fair name and credit of the city of Boston and give the city what it most needs, an honest administration. Boston affairs will be administered to the best interests of all the citizens with fair treatment for every...
...richest merchants. Tall, stooped Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, stalked goutily in, followed by spry, fox-bearded Governor Montagu Collet Norman of the Bank of England. They had all come to the Mansion House, ornate official home of Lord Mayor Sir Percy Greenaway, to dine with him before he is succeeded Nov. 9 by the Lord Mayor-elect, Alderman Charles Henry Collett (TIME. Oct. 9). Speeches after the guests were full of noble viands and rare wines consisted of direct hits by Chancellor Chamberlain and Governor Norman at the British Labor Party which is urging that His Majesty...
...shouldered man to become Mayor of Minneapolis. He was Alexander Gilberg ("Buzz") Bainbridge, a political novice, looking older and wiser than his 47 years. As a Republican he had just defeated Farmer-Laborite Mayor William A. Anderson in a nip & tuck election. Mayor Anderson had kept Minneapolis from seeing Crazy Quilt, Fanny Brice's raw revue. He had vetoed the city's beer ordinance, sent citizens to St. Paul for Sunday drinks. Many a Minneapolitan, weary of reform, turned hopefully to "Buzz" Bainbridge and he did not disappoint them. With a theatrical flourish the Mayor-elect declared...
...drink a wine toast to the U. S. President while junketing in France with other U. S. mayors two years ago (TIME, June 1, 1931); 2) he had snubbed Franklin D. Roosevelt when the Democratic presidential nominee was campaigning in Los Angeles last year (TIME, Oct. 3); 3) he had turned the police department into a corps of "super-snoopers." In defeat Mayor-reject Porter last week threatened to hang on to his job on the ground that Mayor-elect Shaw was not a U. S. citizen. Born in Canada 50 years ago, Frank Shaw was brought...
Last week for the first time in 24 years, St. Louisans elected a Democratic Mayor. Victorious candidate was Bernard Francis Dickmann, 44, bachelor realtor. A grey-haired, ruddy-faced, wisecracking good-timer. Mayor-elect Dickmann is president of the City Real Estate Exchange. A party worker for 20 years, he had never before run for office...