Word: reed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prophetic turn of mind, picking the winner of the Irish Sweepstakes offers less hazard and much greater reward. The dark horses on the CRIMSON's string are Senator Bulkley of Ohio, Governor William II, Murray of Oklahoma, Samuel Seabury of New York and former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. Down in this shadowy side of the paddock are a crowd of other aspirants who are more than willing to run if given the opportunity. The list of those that have been mentioned as possibilities is a long one: it includes Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Senator Lewis of Illinois, Governor...
...favorable combination of circumstances that sweeps him forward at the right moment. One can not predict what good luck will effect or political connivance secure but the availability of the CRIMSON's dark horses can be examined. From this point of view Seabury, Bulkley, Murray, and Reed appear in turn not as a possible dark horse but as a bete noire. To one or another important element within the Democratic party each of the candidates would be persons non grata...
...Compliment" to Reed...
...James A. Reed has stated that he would "consider it a compliment" to have the Missouri delegation to the convention pledged to him in 1932 as in 1928, but this is scarcely to be taken as placing him in the running as a potential candidate. His influence in swinging his support to some one of the major candidates may prove important, but his past record does not designate him as the logical selection for a deadlocked convention. His reputation rests upon his success as an inquisitor, revealing corruption and discovering rascals by means of Senatorial investigations. He is highly unpopular...
Died. Mrs. Carrie Bell Reed Walsh, 65, Washington socialite, relict of the late mining tycoon Thomas Francis Valsh; of pneumonia; in Washington. Her daughter, Mrs. Edward Beale McLean, is suing the publisher of the Washington Post for divorce. Longtime Belgophiles, the Walshes incorporated a special suite in their mansion for the late King Leopold, but he was forced to cancel his trip to the U. S. Later, however, King Albert and the Prince of Whales were among Mrs. Walsh's guests...