Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Remorse. In Crystal River, Fla., Mayor W. S. Alyea swore in public, arrested himself, prosecuted himself in court, drew a $25 fine...
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks. In Pottsville, Pa., Mayor Claude A. Lord, thankful for the city's "industrial setup . . . churches . . . school system, and many other things," issued a proclamation creating a third Thanksgiving...
...conscience recently aroused, has been virtuously bugling the gambling evil for the past month, has "exposed" a group of characters known as the Guzik-Nitti gang, amid waves of public apathy. Last week the routine rigmarole was repeated. Out of a grand jury gambling investigation came tall, wavy-haired Mayor Ed Kelly. The look on his face was familiar to all connoisseurs of "B" movies-the Leading Rancher as he pounds the table and says: "Boys, Rustling Must Stop...
...Said Mayor Kelly: "Some of the things I learned in there amazed me and opened my eyes, to say the least. If some of the things I heard are verified I am sure that Commissioner of Police Allman will see that someone gets hell in the Police Department." James P. Allman ordered his captains called in on the carpet...
Holding its nose, the Chicago Daily News editorialized, with massive restraint: "We . . . found it hard to stomach the remarks made by Mayor Kelly...