Word: melvin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Saturday withdrawing had subsided. Like all large and sound banking institutions, Chicago's had made plain that the money was there and could be had for the asking. In First National, ruddy, crinkly-faced President Melvin Alvah Traylor made two speeches before crowds of clients, one speech in the savings department, another in the checking department. He explained that his bank had passed through the Chicago Fire (1871) and weathered it; had gone through other Depressions and weathered them; would pass through this Depression. Money was on hand for each & every depositor who wanted his share. The crowds dispersed...
...home run. He took pride in developing players. Christy Mathewson, reputed the best pitcher in history, was a first baseman on the Giants when McGraw joined the club. McGraw discovered famed Frankie Frisch at Fordham, saw him become baseball's ablest second baseman. He began training Rightfielder Melvin Ott of the present Giants when...
Gilbert Kahn '32, Russell Maloney '32, Melvin Leon Anshen '33, and Richard Norman Clark, Jr., have received first, second and third prizes, and Honorable Mention, respectively, in the competition for the Bowdoin undergraduate award for a "Dissertation in English...
...result of his gang-busting Judge Wilkerson not only received his appointment but the backing of the Illinois Congressional delegation of both parties, Senators Lewis and Glenn, Mayor Cermak of Chicago, the Chicago Bar Association, Attorney General Mitchell, President Melvin Alvah Traylor of Chicago's First National Bank and a host of solid citizens. In contesting Judge Wilkerson's appointment to a higher court. Labor found itself unhappily sided with Organized Crime...
...other aspirants who are more than willing to run if given the opportunity. The list of those that have been mentioned as possibilities is a long one: it includes Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Senator Lewis of Illinois, Governor White o Ohio, Cordell Hull of Tennessee, David F. Houston, Melvin A. Traylor, and John W. Davis have likewise been suggested. These dark horses are exceeded in blackness only by the dinginess of their chances of even being seriously mentioned in the convention...