Word: pats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...house on Belmont Road near the Eugene Meyers. There they entertain frequently and well. When they gave their first Cabinet dinner to President & Mrs. Hoover, a Pullman-load of friends were also invited from Oklahoma to share their social glory. These friends marveled among themselves at how far "Pat" Hurley had come since 1883 when he was born among the grass roots of what is now Coal County, Okla...
Pierce Hurley, "Pat's" father, was a poor Irish immigrant. In Texas he married Mary Kelly. They had a brood of children. Pierce Hurley was thrown from a horse, crippled for life. Mary Hurley slaved to keep the family together, died when Pat was n. Said he years later: . "Mother's death hit me terribly. I was dazed for weeks. What I have made of myself has been due in no small measure to her, to my sisters and, in later years, to my wife. I've been mighty fortunate with my womenfolk...
...What "Pat" Hurley did for himself, however, is known to every poor boy of Oklahoma. At eleven he drove a mule in a mine. At 14 he was cowpunching on Lazy S ranch. He worked his way through Bacone College at Muskogee. He studied law at night in Washington. He returned to Tulsa to make $15,000,000 in real estate, banking...
...McCarey to direct the picture, Ben Hecht to work on the dialog. When he came to the problem of selecting a cast, however, Hollywood's indignation interfered with his plans. Only three cinemactors are under exclusive con tract to Producer Hughes - Billie Dove (sometimes reported engaged to him) ; Pat O'Brien (Front Page) ; Jean Harlow (Hell's Angels). Forced to hire actors from other producers, Producer Hughes found that other producers were reluctant to let him have actors for any picture, that they flatly refused to help him cast Queer People. Independent cinemactors were afraid to appear...
...considered its unsuccessful invasion of the Navy's domain, Assistant Secretary of the Navy David Sinton Ingalls in charge of aeronautics wrote and published a playful letter to Secretary of War Hurley who at the moment, as Mr. Ingalls well knew, was on the Pacific Manila-bound. "Dear Pat," said the letter, "It will give me and the entire Navy Department the very greatest pleasure to place at the disposal of the Army Air Corps a few of the naval patrol flying boats, for your brother service has viewed with sincere appreciation the difficulties experienced by the Army pilots...