Word: meehan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wills. This meant scuttling an old party wheelhorse, Controller Frank J. Tiemann, who was up for re-election in November. Meade refused to give him the party blessing for the primary. In the process, Meade almost lost one of his strongest political allies, heavy, red-faced Sheriff Austin Meehan. "Frank's my pal," cried the sheriff. "He's in trouble and I'll go down with him." But Meade called in the city's 52 ward leaders; they voted overwhelmingly for the "new faces" and the sheriff finally swung reluctantly into line...
...checking. At 11:42 Arlington shot four fast ones at goalie Pat Morissey, and the fourth went in. Two minutes later Bill Timpson registered number four for the Crimson at 13:42, and the game was in the bag. HARVARD ARLINGTON Timpson c Leary Koch lw Robson Whoriskey rw Meehan Bliss ld Emery Donelan rd Emmons Cook g Campbell Score by periods: 1 2 3--t Harvard 2 2 0--4 Arlington...
...Dewey himself entered the fight. Fortnight ago Philadelphia's Sheriff Austin Meehan, a Duffman who has been given control of the job-heavy state Department of Revenue, got word that the governor of New York wanted to call for a personal interview. When Meehan replied that he would see Dewey only in Duff's company, the interview was called...
More Broadsides. Encouraged by the big turnouts, Candidate Dilworth widened his attack. He accused Sheriff Austin Meehan, one of the most powerful of Philadelphia Republicans, of keeping ex-convicts on his staff. He also laid into many a lesser Republican, including a magistrate, charging them with protecting bookmakers and speakeasies...
...targets countered with a $25,000 libel suit. Sheriff Meehan, a triple-chinned 200-pounder who likes to gobble ice cream by the quart, called Dilworth "an old gossip...