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Outlawed in many German districts, the National Socialist Party nevertheless climbed steadily in membership. Time-honored Tammany Hall methods of handing out many small favors were combined with rowdy terrorism and lurid, patriotic propaganda. The picture of a mystic, abstemious, charismatic Führer was assiduously cultivated.
Three years ago City College's alumni, alarmed not only by Dr. Robinson's high-handedness but also by the fact that student rebellions had given the college an undeserved reputation for being Red, decided that Frederick Robinson lacked "the human qualities" needed by a college president, asked...
He was Kenneth Simpson, the one Republican leader who, all the time that Uncle Bim was really believed to be washed up, was actually making headway in Manhattan. To him was due large credit for the final smashing to Tammany last year with the Fusion ticket, led by explosive, progressive...
He did not actually say he would do it. "There's nothing coy about me. I usually answer when my mind's made up,'' he said. But for three weeks a procession of delegations and petitions from Chicago had been pouring in on him, trying to...
The politician was ruddy, chubby Charles A. Harnett, since 1924 State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Tammanyite who introduced a song to celebrate the return from Europe of discredited ex-Mayor James J. Walker. Commissioner Harnett has managed to hold his $10,000 job through Tammany's ups & downs, has...