Word: phils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hounded by State Street merchants, by the newspapers and by the electorate, Ed Kelly started all over again. This time he called in Phil Harrington, a crack city traction engineer, and asked him to help figure out a new plan. Harrington suggested the establishment of a Chicago Transit Authority which, with private capital, would buy up all the facilities and operate them as an independent agency...
There was no doubt left that the C.I.O. and A.F.L. meant to fight a bitter-end battle. Phil Murray put his signature to a 41-page document listing legal loopholes for C.I.O. lawyers to crawl through. Old Bill Green announced that the A.F.L. was planning a national work stoppage on Election Day in 1948, to get out the vote against the Congressmen who had voted for the Taft-Hartley bill...
...other open events, Phil Shutt did the 50 yards on his back in 33 seconds for the summer backstroke title and Willie Kraus, who trailed Wise in the free style, got his medal in the breaststroke with a 32 second clocking...
...Allentown and other Pennsylvania towns, C.I.O. electioneers began ringing doorbells, collecting funds, shipping in union-supplied campaign material for congressional Candidate Phil Storch, an ex-reporter and Newspaper Guildsman on the Allentown Call. Candidate Storch got a formal endorsement from C.I.O. President Phil Murray...
...lean years, Connie said repeatedly that he had his heart set on winning one more pennant (his tenth) before he quits. The A's undoubtedly won't make it this year, but at least they are acting as if they cared. They have pretty good pitching (Phil Marchildon, Dick Fowler, Bob Savage, Russ Christopher), mediocre fielding, and almost the weakest hitting in the league (Outfielder Barney McCoskey is the only .300 hitter). What can't be measured statistically is their hustle, a lot of it contributed by Rookie Ferris Fain and Shortstop Eddie Joost. One day recently...