Word: mcninch
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...regular Dry Democrat who supported the Brown Derby in 1928, Senator- designate Morrison was at once confronted with a major and perhaps controlling decision in the case of his fellow townsman. Frank R. McNinch, appointed as a Hoovercrat to the Federal Power Commission...
Other Power Commissioners appointed: Frank R. McNinch, onetime mayor of Charlotte, N. C.; Ralph B. Williamson, Washington irrigation lawyer; Marcel Garsaud, member of the New Orleans Dock Board; Claude L. Draper, organizer and member of the Wyoming Public Service Commission...
When these Power Commissioners' nominations arrived at the Capitol, many a Senator bristled with innate suspicion. Opposition quickly developed to Mr. McNinch. By law his place on the Commission must go to a Democrat. But Mr. McNinch, recommended by North Carolina's "lame duck" Senator Simmons, helped lead the 1928 anti-Smith movement which turned his State Republican. Senate Democrats doubted his Democracy, sought to question him on his 1930 vote. Another charge against Commissioner McNinch-which he loudly denied-was that he had covert connections with the Duke power interests and from them secured political funds, still...
...prizes at Princeton in the Senior Baird contest have been announced as follows: First Baird prize, Edward Wilson Aull, St. Louis, Mo.; for oratory, Hugh McNinch, Grovania, Pa.; for delivery, Phineas B. Kennedy, Bridgeton, N. J.; Disputation-first prize, Ambrose W. Vernon, Morristown, N. J.; second prize, James C. Meyers, Columbia, Pa; Poetry-prize, Edward W. Evans, Jr., Trenton...
...board of editors of the Princetonian is as follows: R. D. Breckenridge, '89; E. Y. Robbins, '89; R. E. Speer, '89; W. B. Chase, '89; J. Hunter, '89; D. W. McCord, '89; W. C, Prime, '90; C. D. Brackett, '90; J. S. Van Cleve, '90, and H. McNinch...