Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Four months ago the curtain came down on the grand finale of the triumphal history of Franklin Roosevelt, Part I-as he took his bows amid the plaudits of supporters in the hour of his victorious reelection. Last week the curtain fell on Scene I, Act I in Part II of his History...
...first few days at Warm Springs were partly spent in saying hello to old friends and catching up on his personal affairs, visiting his 2,800-acre farm on Pine Mountain and making out his Federal income tax.* On his first trip in his car he took Daughter-in-law Betsey, his personal secretary Miss Marguerite Le Hand and Ambassador Bullitt. To Columnist Walter Winchell, whose mind runs largely in one channel, the inference from such events was clear. Wrote Gossip Winchell...
Having satisfied the President of his liberality, Alfred Murrah last week took his oath in Oklahoma City as the nation's youngest Federal Judge. He rode into Oklahoma City 18 years ago in a box car, was booted off by a brakeman, worked his way through high school and State University, set himself up in law practice. Aged 33, he promised solemnly to retire...
Idle Dream, Having soothed alarmists by radio, the President next day offered further reassurance by packing his bags for his customary Warm Springs trip as if no crisis were present or in prospect. His new strategy advanced when Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings took the stand as first witness at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Court plan...
...idle employes still considered themselves on strike. Egged on by the A. F. of L., Secretary of Labor Perkins had for some weeks been trying to get in touch with Mr. Rand, whose associates professed themselves completely in the dark as to his whereabouts. Last week she took the extraordinary step of publishing an open letter in the press requesting him to come to Washington to discuss his labor troubles with her. A Rand vice president promptly telegraphed that Mr. Rand would be glad to oblige. Meantime this week the National Labor Relations Board concluded its Rand investigation with...