Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chicago expected better things of its mayoralty campaigns. In times past there had been Big Bill Thompson, protecting them from the British Empire and threatening to punch King George in the snoot. Almost every election spring, charges of whopping graft and corruption hurtled through the air above the neglected streets and the uncollected garbage. This year things were different. Said one oldtimer: "Campaign, hell! This is a pillow fight...
...Supreme Court stepped out into the mob of newsmen and politicos milling in a dark hallway of the State Capitol. Trembling with excitement, she squeaked: "No shoving, please." When the mob shoved anyway, a man shouted anxiously: "Don't shove. It's 5-to-2 for Thompson...
With that, two reporters ran for the executive office to break the news of Lieut. Governor Melvin E. Thompson's court victory to narrow-eyed, young Herman ("Hummon") Talmadge, the "Pretender." Hummon looked dignified in a grey chalk-stripe suit and red tie, but when he heard the news he blurted: "What judges voted against me?" When the reporter shrugged, Hummon told his secretary to find out. Then he picked up the phone and snapped: "Get me Mrs. Talmadge...
...Carmichael. 5. Melvin E. Thompson...
Among those who joined the sponsoring committee at Princeton were Waldo Leland of the American Council of Learned Societies Ben M. Cherrington of the University of Denver, Bryn, J. Hovde, President of the New School for Social Research, Vassar College Dean Mildred C. Thompson, and Alexander Meiklejohn of St. John's College...