Word: schrank
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. John Flammang Schrank, 67, Bavarian-born ex-barkeep who shot and wounded Theodore" Roosevelt in Milwaukee in 1912; of bronchial pneumonia; in the Waupun, Wis. hospital where he spent 29 of his 31 mailless, visitorless years in state custody, after being judged a paranoiac. Schrank regarded Teddy's 1912 Bull Moosing as a bid for a third term, decided to shoot him. Schrank's single shot was parried by manuscripts and a spectacle case in T.R.'s pockets. Despite his wound, Teddy made a speech that night, a fortnight later again felt perfectly bully...
...Pins and Nedles" would still be a collection of union drama-clubbers on a spree without the brilliance of Harold Rome, who wrote the lyrics and music, and Joseph Schrank, the man behind the sketches. A few of the tunes, especially "I've Got the Nerve to Be in Love," are hell-bent for the Hit Parade...