Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Szolnok, Hungary, terrified peasants besought the local mayor to avert continuance of the recent catastrophic rains throughout Europe (TIME, July 12) by ordering the removal of "all ill omened radio aerials." Scientists talked learnedly of sun spots. Rain fell...
Within the last fortnight, the air around Garfield has been surcharged with the noise of bombs. The homes of the strike breakers are the chief objects of attack, although Weisbord denies any connection of his men with this business. Mayor Burke of Garfield intends to take drastic steps: "No self-respecting city can permit any continuance of the violence which has been perpetrated on some of our citizens...
President Doumergue called upon M. Herriot to form a Cabinet. Forty-eight hours later the Mayor of Lyons was obliged to confess that strife within his own Left Coalition made it impossible for him to form a Cabinet. M. Briand the tale is told, had secretly hamstrung the Herriot Coalition from within...
...Train" (TIME, June 21) bearing Cardinal Banzano, Cardinal Hayes and seven foreign cardinals had reached Chicago. (Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia traveled alone, joined them the next day. Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, who took the boat trip from Buffalo, arrived Sunday afternoon.) Friday night Governor Small of Illinois, Mayor Dever of Chicago and Secretary of Labor Davis whom President Coolidge has sent welcomed all the prelates at a great gathering in the Coliseum...
...syndicate had offered to purchase it at that price. They put down $500,000 as earnest money. In the syndicate were G. Maurice Heckscher, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, grandson of Mrs. Vanderbilt, Leonard Replogle of the steel company of that name, Colonel Henry F. Lindsley, banker and former Mayor of Dallas, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., member of the U. S. polo team in the last international matches...