Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Taylor went to the big outdoor meeting. But there was no chance for him to make his fine speech there. Glowering more and more darkly, Mr. Taylor did not go to that evening's banquet for the Nominee in Johnson City. Instead, he went to Washington. He was mad. They would see. That Carroll Reece! That Claudius Huston! That *** never mind! Just wait. J. Will Taylor controls more Republican votes than practically any man in Tennessee. Hmph...
During the Reece speech, however, the Nominee grew restive and eyed the hour. So effusively had he been greeted that it was growing late. A crowd was collecting at the outdoor speakers' stand. Radio time would soon be flying. As soon as Mr. Reece finished and before Mr. Taylor could begin, the Nominee stood up, thanked everyone and left the dining room. Almost everyone else left, too. Mr. Taylor remained in glowering loneliness with his fine speech undelivered in his hand...
Indiana. The trip through Indiana was informal but not speechless. There were hatwavings and handshakings at Kankakee and Lafayette. At Indianapolis, the Nominee made a short outdoor speech and visited State Boss Thomas Taggart in a hospital where, unfortunately for the Brown Derby, he has long been confined. Nevertheless, sick Boss Taggart whispered: "You'll win Indiana...
...endowment of $200,000 which has been provided by 30,000 of its patrons. Box-office profits go back into the sustaining fund of the theatre. This year the Detroit Civic Theatre will present for children several free performances of plays selected by school teachers; also an outdoor performance of some as yet unnamed classical play with the assistance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In addition it will maintain its own school of dramatic...
...amplifiers. Among those who stayed outside was a tall, familiar figure with the crutches it has had to use for the past several years, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the friend and believer who placed Candidate Smith in nomination in 1920, 1924, 1928. With Mrs. Roosevelt, he sat on the outdoor platform, huddled from the rain under a canopy of State Troopers' waterproof coats...