Word: mitch
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...town with Wendell Willkie came the three original members of the For-Willkie-Before-May-11-1940-club : 1) Russell ("Mitch") Davenport, gaunt, earnest journalist-philosopher who quit his job as managing editor of FORTUNE to devote himself to this man; 2) Oren Root Jr., young New York law clerk, who formed a Willkie-For-President club on his own hook and $150; 3) Charlton MacVeagh, a G.0.P. contact man who drafted himself...
...informal meet last Saturday with Holy Cross and Northeastern, the Yardlings showed up a poor third in the number of first places. Highlights for individual performances were Mitch Ford, with a first place in the pole vault and a tie for first in the high jump, and recently elected Captain Don MacKinnon with victories in the hurdles...
Regardless of these heavy losses, the team, which is the best for several years, can rely upon such members as Don McKinnon in the hurdles, Mitch Ford in the pole vault, Paul Johrde in the mile, and a trio of half-milers, Paul Cook, Ted Graves, and Fred Phinney...
...much for Canada to offer as a sacrifice on the altar of liberty and freedom. . . . The success of the Allied cause may be very doubtful unless at an early date the active participation of the United States is made effective." Even ever burbling and often indiscreet Premier Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn of Ontario was vexed at this latest burble of old Mr. Conant, explained that he believed his Attorney General had become "deeply disturbed" while witnessing the departure of Canadian officers (one of whom was his brother-in-law and another his private secretary) for service in World...
Poetry-loving Bachelor Mackenzie King spends so much time at his country house, "Kingsmere," that Mitch Hepburn dubbed him "The Hermit of Kingsmere." In win-ter he lives at "Laurier House" in Ottawa, which Sir Wilfred left to the Liberal Party. A Gladstonian Liberal, the red-faced Prime Minister once investigated industrial relations for the Rockefeller Institute, worked out a plan of employer-employe representation that was put into practice by Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., Bethlehem Steel Co. and others. He is just the sort of "safe" Liberal that Canadians could trust to see them through the war without grabbing...