Word: moosehaven
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...helper in an iron works at eleven, later made a fortune in investments before he entered politics. A longtime power in the Loyal Order of Moose (director general since 1906), he pushed its membership from 247 to more than 800,000, founded its two major charities (Moosehaven, Fla., for the aged; Mooseheart, Ill., for widows & orphans). In 1933 he was one of five acquitted in a Moose lottery scandal (his alleged cut: $172,300) in which three associates were convicted of conspiracy...
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