Word: safe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first press conference after returning to Washington as President-elect, President Roosevelt last week read to newshawks the several electoral vote predictions he had written down and put away in his safe...
...Berry fell behind Republican Leslie Jensen in his bid for a third term. The State's two Representatives, both Democrats, had neck & neck races, scored one victory, one defeat. Democratic Senator William J. Bulow trailed his opponent. Chandler Gurney, until, two days after election, he found himself safe by a nose...
...South Dakota, went to the Senate six years ago. He will be there no longer, for Republican Chandler Gurney, operator of radio station WNAX won his seat in a startling form reversal with the slogan "Take Politics Out of Relief." Every other Democratic seat in the Senate appeared safe, including that of J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. Most notable new Democratic voice in the Senate will be that of Representative Joshua Bryan Lee of Oklahoma, elected to replace blind, anti-New Deal Democrat Thomas Gore. A famed orator who has modeled his talents on those of William Jennings Bryan, when...
Michigan. To help make Michigan safe for Democracy, President Roosevelt brought popular, vote-getting Frank Murphy back from his $18,000 job as Philippine High Commissioner to run for the $5,000 Governorship of Michigan. Month ago the redhaired, freckled, dynamic onetime Mayor of Detroit was so worried about his own chances that he got his Presidential patron to tour the State, sing his praises at every station stop. For a time on election night it looked as though Democrat Murphy's fears had been justified, but when the Detroit returns came in it seemed clear that Republican Frank...
...days he is planning to make a very hazardous flight, and while I wish him all good luck, I can't help but feel that he has not seriously considered my role in his flight-that is, either that of an embarrassed absence at his safe arrival or of a hypocritically tragic widow if he fails...