Word: stratons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Half an hour before the Nominee's arrival at the Coliseum, appeared the man who once called him "the deadliest foe of moral progress in America," thin-lipped hot-eyed Parson John Roach Straton. There was some altercation, but Dr. Straton clutched his ticket. He had promised to behave. He was admitted and took a seat at the back of the platform. His presence intensified the Nominee's grim earnestness. It was a real Moment in the campaign...
Then there was Preacher Straton and more Vice, more saloons. The Warrior was so vexed that he "dignified an insect with an incident...
Engaged. Warren Straton, 20, Manhattan Beaux Arts sculpture student, son of Dr. John Roach Straton; to one Ruth Cater of Douglaston, Queens County...
...been so long since he has been here that I would like to know the reason he has stayed away. It would be a good idea to have him debate with Al Smith and if he said he would, he would, not like Dr. John Roach Straton whom I previously admired...
...chef was the Rev. John Roach Straton, blatant Manhattan pulpiteer, who characterized Governor Smith, last fortnight, as "the deadliest foe in America today of the forces of moral progress and true political wisdom." Challenged to debate the charge in his own Calvary Baptist Church (TIME, Aug. 20), Pulpiteer Straton weasled, tried to shift the scene to local amphitheatres. But Nominee Smith declined to make a public show. He wrote: "The answer to my request to appear in your church before your parishioners ... is yes or no." Pulpiteer Straton answered: "Emphatically and unchangeably yes." But he meant "no," he would...