Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...personalize his fight Governor Murray had singled out for attack in his executive order Harry Ford Sinclair, board chairman of Sinclair Consolidated Oil and one of the biggest Oklahoma operators. Oilman Sinclair was accused of exerting a "monopolistic control" on the State's oil industry, of trying to "overthrow the State Government and overawe its legislators," of "filching from the school children's legacy" and intriguing to have Governor Murray impeached because he blocked repeal of the State's oil laws. Retorted Oilman Sinclair: "If the absurdity and injustice of the Governor's proclamation...
...anybody tell you Governor Horton's not listening to Lea and Caldwell. They pour water into his ear and tell him it's raining." Defenders of Governor Horton argued that the attempt at impeachment was "nothing more or less than a political conspiracy to overthrow the State government and seize its reins by a few ambitious men." They insisted no specific wrong-doing was charged against him, no positive evidence adduced to sustain the general charge. When the House finally voted (58-10-41) to dismiss Impeachment Article No. 1, the capitol at Nashville thundered with cheers...
While the Spanish people feel respect and deference for spiritual orders, they have no use for church politics, always considered the Papal Nuncio in Madrid as an intruder and the clericalism of the Crown was what caused the rapid spread of liberalism and the consequent overthrow of the Monarchy...
Federal agents took Finn Yokinen to Ellis Island, although he said he had taken out his first papers. He had just been expelled from the Communist Party, but Ellis Island officials prepared to deport him as "a member of an organization advocating the overthrow of the Government by force and violence...
...waterfront to wait for strikebreakers on their way to work. Harbor police saw the sullen crowd approaching, sent in a riot call. Major clash occurred at the base of the Liberty Monument, which stands near the river in memory of the men of New Orleans who died for the overthrow of Carpet Bag rule.* As the dawn came up, police charged the blackamoors, some of whom withdrew, firing revolvers. Most of the mob was arrested: 103 for disturbing the peace, 15 for carrying concealed weapons, others for violating the Federal injunction protecting the docks...