Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Curlyheaded Mayor Ed Kelly of Chicago had waited a good while for his reward. He didn't ask much. All he wanted was a seat in the U.S. Senate...
...days later, in Washington, the little Mayor told a luncheon of the General Federation of Women's Clubs that he might be making his last appearance as head of the Office of Civilian Defense...
...General Emilio Aguinaldo (who led the Philippine Insurrection in 1899) might head a Vichyfied government, nothing had been heard of General Aguinaldo. A Jap-inspired rumor that Manuel Quezon's old friend and secretary, Jorge Vargas, had sold out to the invaders, in return for a job as mayor of Manila, was promptly squelched by Manuel Quezon himself. Said President Quezon: "I appointed [Vargas] Mayor of Greater Manila ... in line with MacArthur's plans ... to maintain order and prevent looting...
...York City's hardy perennial, Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia, appeared before the New York Court of Appeals to argue against a lower-court decision affecting his powers. In last autumn's heated mayoralty campaign, the Mayor had whoppingly intimated that in one of its decisions the State Court of Appeals had been "fixed." So curious onlookers last week expected to see the sparks fly. But protean Mr. LaGuardia was on his rare best behavior...
...last monthly meeting of the Southwark Borough Council, the Mayor, in referring to the entry of your country into the War, reminded the members of the Council of the speech which you made when you recently visited the borough to receive the Freedom of the Borough. The Council unanimously felt the occasion now appropriate to send a message to the peoples of the United States through you, its youngest Freeman...