Word: tobeys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rich, full dog's life, Tobey, a small white French poodle, achieved fame of a sort. The last of a succession of Tobeys owned by rich, eccentric Miss Ella Virginia von Echtzel Wendel, he slept on a little bed in Miss Wendel's own bedroom in her house on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, and ate delicate meals of sliced liver on a tiny table. When Miss Wendel died in 1931, aged 78, Tobey was looked after by two servants. Newsmen dubbed Tobey "the richest dog in the world." But, while Miss Wendel left an estate...
Last week the late, long-forgotten Tobey achieved new fame. Moscow Radio Commentator Berko told listeners about "the little dog Tobey who lives in a very beautiful, richly decorated house, built by the best architects in the country . . . His mistress, a mad American woman, left it $75 million . . . The dog sleeps on a golden bed. It is attended by a staff of 45 servants and six lawyers." Moral for Moscow: "While the millionaire dog lives in a beautiful private house, the children of the workers, dressed in tatters, roam the streets begging for a piece of bread. Like stray dogs...
Last week Senator Tobey said: "I have a profound parliamentary inquiry to propound at this time to the distinguished occupant of the chair [Iowa's Guy Gillette], It is, in a few words: Where...
Tired and frustrated, Republicans quarreled among themselves. Observed New Hampshire's Charles Tobey: "There is an injunction in the Scriptures: 'Avoid vain repetition.' I wish you would all remember it." Snapped Wiley: "I suppose I should accept it graciously coming from my good friend Senator Tobey. But I think he should avoid assuming the right to lecture constantly us who have been here...
...Boss Symington wasted no time last week in getting to the bottom of Tobey's charges. He ordered a special investigation by former Federal Trade Commission Counsel Joseph J. Smith Jr., gave him full rein to dig into the mess. The Senate Banking & Currency Committee also went into action. It sent the Tobey report to the Justice Department to see if there was any ground for legal action against B. & O. and former RFC officials...