Word: yorks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...designs, the Navy last week let a $5,000,000 contract to the Electric Boat Co., which makes most of the Navy's submarines. When these and the twelve now on the ways are ready next year, the Navy will try them out in such harbors as New York's and Norfolk's, may detail some to the Caribbean. In that case, they will be under the upturned nose of retired Admiral Leahy, now the civilian Governor of Puerto Rico...
Even more phenomenal in 1938 was Thomas E. Dewey's loss of the New York Governorship by less than 1 % of the total vote (4,821,631). To many a U. S. citizen Mr. Dewey was already a glamorous St. George; he became a top G. O. P. possibility for 1940. Mr. Dewey, in fact, looked like a political Hare. Down the track he dashed last week, lengths ahead of the field. The Hare...
...were ready to flop his way. With these 182 votes, plus Ohio's 52, plus at least 100 miscellaneous pledges, Tortoise Taft appeared to have about 300 ballots-nearly a solid third of the G. O. P.'s 1,000 convention votes. Mr. Dewey had only New York's 92-and a fourth of these were still uncertain...
...Communist fund drive in New York State raised $205,000 in the last 100 days. Gloated Communist Money-Raiser Alex Leith: ''Every time Dies opens his mouth now, our mail gets heavier, and all the envelopes have good news inside...
...weeks ago, the Mavericks gathered in a San Antonio court. Albert Maverick's boy Maury was in trouble. Dr. George Maverick came all the way from New York, smoked his pipe with an air of "I'm here if needed." Pretty Maverick girls flashed hot glances at anti-Mavericks...