Word: miocardiac
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1934-1934
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. James ("Sunny Jim") Rolph Jr., 64, Governor of California; of a miocardiac disease resulting in kidney complications and congestion of the lungs; on a ranch near San Jose, Calif. Born in San Francisco, he gained fame and friends by organizing relief work after the 1906 earthquake and fire, became Mayor in 1911, served until elected Governor 20 years later. With a political flair similar to that of his friend "Jimmy" Walker, onetime Mayor of New York, he gave lavish parties for visiting notables, made appropriate speeches at prize fights. He always wore high-heeled polished boots (he bought...
| 1 |