Word: mcdonough
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down," I remarked testily. "Come and see," said Fred. He took a basketful of ashes and cinders and gave them to the porkers who ate them ravenously. That galoot Fred had been wintering his hogs with my ashes, and they appeared to thrive on them. WILLIAM E. JOHNSON McDonough...
...When it comes to individual "swing" men, why did you fail to mention other idols of the modern musician, such as the Dorsey Brothers, "Miff" Mole, "Red" Nichols, Vic Burton (drums), "Saxey" Mansfield (tenor sax), Joe Venuti (violin), Irving Brodsky (piano) and Dick McDonough (guitar...
...Building Trades Department of the Federation but not from the Federation itself. At the San Francisco convention last year, the "triple alliance" sought and was given readmission. That called for re-election of officers within the Department, a move which brought howls from the Department President Michael John McDonough and the small unions within the Department which knew that the "triple alliance" would grab control of the Department just as soon as it got back into the fold...
Last winter, therefore, Mr. McDonough, an oldtime plasterers' union leader and a onetime (1925-29) California Legislator, set up an independent Building Trades Department of his own with headquarters right across Washington's 9th Street from the Federation Building. He had the backing of No. 2 Federation Leader John Lewis. "Official" presidency of the Building Trades Department, set up by the "triple alliance" and sponsored by William Green and most of the executive council, went to a figurehead from the carpenters' union, James William Williams. Last week Plasterer McDonough brought the old fight to a crisis when...
...Virginia boxing team journeyed to Annapolis for the big meet of the year against Navy. Six thousand tickets, priced at 75? each and allotted to undergraduates and alumni, were sold on issue. A few were resold for as much as $20 each. In the Naval Academy's McDonough Hall the crowd sat in nervous silence, because intercollegiate rules do not permit cheering when bouts are in progress. Once, when spectators broke the rule, the referee stopped the bout...