Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arrived in Independence, he was met by his brother Vivian and his old crony, U.S. Marshal Fred Canfil (see cut). That night he pointedly stayed away from the Democratic rally in the Memorial Building, instead drove over to Grandview to visit his 93-year-old mother. In his absence Mayor Roger Sermon explained the facts of life to Harry Truman's puzzled fellow citizens. "He'd give his right arm to be here tonight, but there are some things he can't do. He must preserve the dignity of his office...
...Stuart Art Gallery also carries an extensive stock of originals and prints and does considerable framing work. Their exhibition this month is the series of paintings of the "Temptation of Saint Anthony," which Mayor Curley recently condemned as offensive to religious persons. The show contains some interesting interpretations by such painters as Abraham Rattner, Salvador Dali, Ivan Albright, and Dorothea Tanning; but only Max Ernst's prize-winning canvas captures the terror brought to the theme by the Gothic Masters...
Yesterday afternoon on the Business School Field, Medford High played an informal J. V. game with the Varsity squad and outplayed the Crimson by the score of 2-0. HARVARD CONNECTICUT Harshman g. Grant Purinton l.f.b. Jackson Forster r.f.b. Wisniewski Blanco l.h.b. Tedford Ogden c.h.b. Johnson Mayor r.h.b. Kilday Corrigan l.o.f. Baldwin Morse l.l.f. Arcane Potter c.f. Cunningham Lazarus r.l.f. Pratt Cate r.c.f. Parks
...feed the Boston Common pigeons and the suburban firemen who are forever rescuing treed cats. Some of the cartoons are local jokelets which only Bostonians are apt to appreciate. At the book's end is one of Dahl's rare political gibes. It begins by noting that Mayor James M. Curley, who used to sue almost every time his name was mentioned in print, had been sentenced to jail for war-contract frauds. There follow six blank panels and a postscript : "No grounds for libel here...
...brainchild of New York's ex-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, is one of the most comprehensive health schemes U.S. citizens have been offered. Members must also subscribe to a hospital insurance plan, such as Blue Cross. For a total annual premium ranging from $38.64 for an individual to $111 for a family (about half paid by the employer, half by the employe), they will get unlimited medical treatment for almost any disorder except acute alcoholism and drug addiction. It will include preventive medicine, with a thorough physical examination at least once a year...