Word: protegees
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many a bigwig forked up the ante, among them Henry Ford, who invited Inventor Stout to set up shop under his wing. As Ford protege, later as an independent, Inventor Stout: 1) built the famed Ford tri-motor plane, 2) organized one of the first commercial airlines (Detroit-Cleveland, Detroit...
A Little Old New York saloonkeeper's son, born in slummy Mulberry Bend, orphaned at seven, a runaway (from Father Drunogie's orphanage) in his 'teens, Joe Howard had been on the boards for 60 years. His runaway took him to St. Louis where, still in short...
Last week Colorado's regents met in Boulder to pick a man for rugged Dr. Norlin's job. Now ill and 68, Dr. Norlin had insisted on retiring. After considering 67 candidates, finding some too rugged, some scornful of the $8,000 salary, the regents elected Dr. Norlin...
Graduate of the Connecticut Reformatory (at 20) and Sing Sing (at 21), Buchalter developed from a small-time loft burglar into the wealthy boss of "protective corporations" in Manhattan's fur, garment, painting, trucking and other trades. His gorillas slugged, knifed, threw lye in the eyes of merchants who...
Boss Ed Crump of toddy-loving Memphis has fought prohibition since 1933, when he helped swing Tennessee's ratification of the 21st Amendment by a bare 6,808 votes. Since then he has deposed two Dry Governors (McAlister, Browning) who would not go along with him for State repeal...