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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Treasury rather than a bankers' Treasury," McAdoo made national banks pay 2 % interest on Government deposits, helped Carter Glass push through the Federal Reserve Act. The War saw McAdoo's zenith as a public servant: he issued $370,000,000 in emergency currency in three months, ran the spy-hunting Secret Service, floated four Liberty Loans, the Fourth being the biggest of all bond issues (23,000,000 subscriptions totaling $6,989,047,000), served as Director General of all U. S. railroads after Wilson took them over by proclamation...
...came near the Democratic Presidential nominations in 1920 and 1924. Sidetracked by New York's Al Smith, McAdoo repaid that score and formed a second political alliance eight years later by helping to sidetrack Al Smith for Franklin Roosevelt at Chicago in 1932. At the same time he ran for the Senate with Hearst and Roosevelt backing, won his first big elective...
...Charles Sawyer was defeated in the gubernatorial primary in 1934 by Tree Surgeon Martin Luther Davey. Davey-"the best dressed Governor Ohio ever had," a good political showman but an administrator repeatedly charged with inefficiency or worse-has long impressed Democrat Sawyer as a grievous mistake. This year he ran against Governor Davey again in the Democratic primary. Helped by Labor, which disliked the Governor's interference in strikes, methodical Democrat Sawyer eliminated picturesque Democrat Davey, 449,000 to 419,000. Meanwhile, Senator Robert J. Bulkley, with just one "my good friend'' from the President, was able...
...Republicans but notable was the comeback of Republican Robert A. Taft, eldest son of the 27th U. S. President. Defeated for re-election to the Ohio State Senate in 1932, up-&-coming Lawyer Taft was Ohio's Favorite Son for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1936, ran for the Senatorial nomination this year against Supreme Court Judge Arthur Day. Best issue Campaigner Day could dig up was that Campaigner Taft was trying to buy his way into politics with "the Taft millions."* Result: Taft...
Barbara was at South Paris' cinemansion watching a jungle film, Booloo, when the news of her father's conviction reached her. Mascara streaking her cheeks, she ran out sobbing. Next day, Boston announced that any night club contracting for her services would be closed...