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...goes back to 1931. In that year Mr. Parker went to trial and nine months later was found guilty in Cook County Criminal Court of em bezzling at least $100,000 from North American Trust Co., in which he was a large stockholder. State's Attorney John A. Swanson, who obtained his conviction, proudly announced to the press that "Parker has been a financial racketeer in Chicago since 1912. This is the first time the law has caught up with...
...Marvin Swanson of Minneapolis: His third successive senior men's national amateur speed skating championship; at Petoskey, Mich...
...After the War, like many another English author, she went to Hollywood. There she found the pickings good, stayed nearly seven years. To her own labors there she credits such reforms in cinema sets as spittoonless ducal drawing rooms. She says she taught such stars as Valentino and Gloria Swanson how to make convincing love before a camera...
...Actual No. 2 man thus became Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. Behind him came Secretary of War Woodring, followed by Attorney General Cummings. No. 5 man is normally the Postmaster General. With James Aloysius Farley looking up relatives in Ireland, his position fell to ailing Secretary of the Navy Swanson, with Secretary of the Interior Ickes bringing up the rear. Agriculture's Wallace, Commerce's Roper, Labor's Perkins were no nearer the Presidency than they had ever been. When the 49th Congress fixed the order of Cabinet succession, their offices had not been created...
...widened its scope considerably, became the Navy's No. 1 diplomat as well as its No. 1 sailor. He was a delegate to the London Disarmament Conference and the London Naval Conference. He has had to serve as Acting Secretary of the Navy during Secretary Swanson's long illness. When funds were needed for President Roosevelt's big naval program, he appeared before Congressional committees, wheedled hundreds of millions of dollars for new ships and more...