Word: texans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Presidential Son Elliott Roosevelt, speaking to the Cleveland Automotive Trade Association, was asked whether he thought the Dies Committee, headed by fellow Texan Martin Dies, was an "asset or liability." Said he: "Until recently I was neutral. Then I learned John L. Lewis was going to spend $250,000 to defeat Dies. Now I consider Dies the greatest statesman in America." Said Elliott's mother: "He is much younger than I thought...
...felt the force of this statement more than old "Cactus Jack" Garner. Wise in the ways of political treachery, the fluff-browed Texan was not surprised last week when many of his hangers-on, even some of his friends, began to avoid him. Still he held his little, well-heeled force together, still determined to fight Term III to the bitter...
Rawboned Byron Nelson of Fort Worth won the U. S. Open, Western Open, North-South Open, Massachusetts Open, Phoenix Open, never finished out of the money in any golf tournament he entered in 1939. Last week Texan Nelson received the Harry Vardon Trophy, awarded annually (on a stroke basis) to the No. 1 professional golfer of the year. In 24 tournaments (75 18-hole rounds) he averaged 70.84 strokes per round...