Word: tammanyizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Immunity, During preparations for the first public hearing of the legislative committee last month, to which Dr. Doyle was summoned, it became evident that Tammany very strongly desired the veterinarian not to be questioned. Immediate conclusion of Counsel Seabury was that Dr. Doyle?holed-in at his home in Deal...
The decision brought to a sharp legal head the long conflict between New York City's Tammany Hall, fighting desperately (for the fifth time since 1890) to keep its political secrets, and the Republican-controlled Legislature's committee which is investigating the Democratic administration of Tammany Town (TIME. April 6...
But, also in 1930, ill luck overtook Dr. Doyle. U. S. District Attorney Charles Henry Tuttle, then a Republican gubernatorial aspirant, tried to smoke out Tammany corruption by charging the retired horse doctor with income tax evasion. Prime purpose of the charge, of course, was to find the person or...
Birthday. Col. Edward Mandell House (73), Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians (55), George Bernard Shaw (75), George Foster Peabody, retired banker, philanthropist (79), John R. Voorhis, Tammany Grand Sachem (102).
Within 48 hours there were six aspirants for the 54-year-old ousted jurist's $12,000 job. They were a female assistant district attorney who gets $7,500; two female deputy assistants who get $4,000 and $3,240; the sister of a male magistrate; a female attorney...