Word: mayors
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...James Cox Davis, not to be confused with either of the last two Democratic candidates for the Presidency, is a native of Keokuk, la. Once he was mayor of that city; later became general attorney for Iowa of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. When the Government took over the railroads, he became first General Solicitor of the "Northwestern" and then general counsel of the Railroad Administration. In March, 1921, he was appointed Director General of the railways to settle the controversies arising out of returning the roads to private ownership. Now in his 60's, bald, white fringed, quizzical...
Jonathan Chapman, 1825, mayor of Boston, by Herbert I. Jackson...
...must to all nations, a Government came to Germany. After week upon week of crisis (TIME, Oct. 13 et seq.), a way out of the intricate difficulty was found by Herr Hans Luther, so-called nonpartisan, Minister of Finance in the Marx Cabinet, former Mayor of Essen. He did something which no other leader in Germany has been able to do in the last four months-he formed a cabinet...
...days after Senator Bruce's remarks, Nathaniel B. Dial, South Carolina Democrat, delivered another speech, much the same in tenor.* Now Mr. Dial took office as Senator in 1919, having served three terms in the office of Mayor of Laurens, S. C., his birth place, and having won the esteem of his fellow-townsmen as a lawyer interested in a number of enterprises including banking, glass, cotton goods, cotton seed products and the development of waterpower. But, last summer, when he went back to his state, he was defeated for renomination by Cole Blease, onetime Governor (TIME, Sept...
...nationally recognized student of political events, and has taken an active part in city and state politics as former Mayor Peters' secretary. He has closely followed President Coolidge's career since the latter became a figure of prominence in Massachusetts public life, and has written two books about...