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	William Hale Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Hale Thompson (born May 14, 1869, Boston, Massachusetts died March 18, 1944) was mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931.
		Thompson was born in Boston, but his family moved to Chicago when he was only nine days old.
		According to Thompson, at this time the biggest enemy the United States had was King George V of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Hale_Thompson (325 words)

	Mayor William Hale Thompson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thompson was born in Boston on May 14, 1867, son of Colonel William Hale Thompson.
		Mayor Thompson was suspected of being on Torrio and Capone's payroll.
		Thompson lost the race for governor in 1936 and a fifth campaign for mayor in 1939.
	www.graveyards.com /oakwoods/thompson.html (505 words)

	Roosevelt University - History of Chicago - Module 2 Chapter 4
		Thompson, who eventually would be elected mayor three times, had been nominally a reformer during his single term as alderman early in the century.
		William Thompson, in several speeches, reminded his listeners of the great depression of 1893 and of how it had been the Republican party that had ended it.
		Thompson, in Hoyne's view, was a failure as mayor and a disgrace to the city because of his war-time activities.
	www.roosevelt.edu /chicagohistory/mod2-chap4.htm (4223 words)

	The Law
		Thompson himself had connections to the Capone ring--one of his best friends was "Big Jim" Colosimo, head Chicago gangster at the time Capone moved to the city.
		As Prohibition historian Kenneth Allsop writes, "Without stretching the logical sequence too far, to Thompson may be attributed Capone's eventual terrorization of Chicago, for it was to protect the new prosperity conferred upon him by the Thompson ring that Colosimo imported Torrio, who in turn imported Capone" (Allsop, 204).
		After Thompson took a term off from 1922-24, the Torrio-Capone machine was brought in to organize gun squads to ensure Republican victory (Thompson's return to office in 1924).
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/thelaw1.html (922 words)

	Eastland Memorial Society - William Hale Thompson
		William Hale Thompson, also known as 'Big Bill' Thompson, was one of Chicago's most interesting, colorful and eccentric mayors.
		William Hale Thompson was born May 14th, 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts.
		As brilliant chameleon of a politician, Thompson could move from pro- to anti-prohibition, from opposing the Chicago Teachers Federation to opposing a superintendent hostile to it, from being anti-Catholic to winning, in huge numbers, the Catholic vote.
	www.getnet.com /~ksup/thompson.html (1050 words)

	William Hale Thompson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Big Bill Thompson was the last (A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas) Republican to serve as mayor of (Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan) Chicago.
		In 1927, (United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)) Al Capone's support of Thompson allowed the man to return to the mayor's office.
		According to Thompson, at this time the biggest enemy the United States had was (Click link for more info and facts about King George V) King George V of (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_hale_thompson.htm (316 words)

	Search Results for "Hale"
		Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909, American author and Unitarian clergyman, b.
		Hale Observatories, see Mount Wilson Observatory; Palomar Mountain....
		Hale, Nathan, 1755-76, American soldier, hero of the American Revolution, b.
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	Just the Arti-FACTS - Graveyards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Hale Thompson, known as "Big Bill" for his athletic build, was born in 1869 in Boston, but grew up in Chicago.
		Thompson lost a libel suit against the Chicago Tribune and was investigated for fraud before withdrawing from the mayoral race in 1924.
		Thompson's main achievements were the improvement of city parks and streets and the creation of a municipal playground system.
	www.chicagohs.org /AOTM/oct98/thomps.html (189 words)

	WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Hale Thompson (born May_14, 1869, Boston, Massachusetts died March_18, 1944) was mayor of Chicago,_Illinois from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931.
		Instead of college, he traveled in Europe and then took up ranching in Texas and New_Mexico, returning to Chicago in 1892 after his father's death.
		The St._Valentine's_Day_Massacre also took place while Thompson was mayor.
	www.witwib.com /William_Hale_Thompson (287 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Hale Thompson
		William Hale Thompson campaigns for Mayor in 1917.
		May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years).
		William Emmett Dever (born: March 13, 1862; died: September 3, 1929; buried in Calvary Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1923-1927) for the Democratic Party.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Hale-Thompson (1183 words)

	Thompson, Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Maurice Thompson, the son of a Baptist minister, was born in Fairfield, Indiana in 1844 but the Thompson family moved to north Georgia when Thompson was still a young boy.
		Now engaged in the practice of law, Thompson again took up writing and in 1873 the Atlantic Monthly published one of his articles, after which he undertook a series of articles on archery which is acclaimed today in archery circles as the first effort to popularize the sport.
		Thompson's first book appeared in 1875 and over the ensuing years he wrote in different genres, including novels and poetry.
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/thompson.html (860 words)

	::: ARAGON ENTERTAINMENT CENTER :::
		The Aragon was built in 1926 by two brothers, William and Andrew Karzas, at an exorbitant cost of two million dollars (considering the price of admission was only.90c).
		On opening night, July 14, 1926, Mayor William Hale Thompson bought the first ticket and more than 8,000 people jammed the Aragon to enjoy its unprecedented beauty.
		In 1964, William Karza sold the famous Aragon to Oscar Brotherm and Leonard Sherman for a price far less than the two million dollars it cost to construct.
	www.teknowiz.net /kalendar/clients/aragon/website/history1.htm (652 words)

	Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thompson, a Republican, had a reputation as a smooth political operative who changed the tenor of his office to fit the perceived mood of the electorate.
		Before Thompson, he said, "The men were considered senseless tools or pieces of machinery to be handled or mishandled at the will or whim of those in authority." If Mayor Connery was elected, Zimmerman warned, conditions would be bad, and he urged fire fighters to campaign for Thompson.
		Perhaps a clue to fire fighters support for Thompson is found in the 1926 Fire Commissioner’s annual report for Chicago.
	www.affi-iaff.org /history2.html (5094 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson, U to Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thompson, William Henry (1853-1937) — also known as William H. Thompson; W.
		Thompson, William T. — of Cabell County, W.Va. Democrat.
		and Mary (Couch) Thompson; married 1914 to Agnes Faught (died 1923) and Irene Brown (died 1928).
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/thompson9.html (649 words)

	"Chicago and Its Eight Reasons": Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
		The city administration feels that the riots were brought on to discredit the [William Hale] Thompson forces, while leaders of the anti-Thompson forces, prominent among them being State’s Attorney Maclay Hoyne, are sure that the administration is directly responsible.
		Against the united and bitter opposition of every daily newspaper in Chicago, William Hale Thompson was elected again as mayor, due, as was claimed, to the Negro and German vote.
		First, it would alienate the Negro set from Thompson through a belief that was expected to grow among the colored vote when it was seen that the police force under the direction of the mayor was unable or unwilling to protect the colored people from assault by mobs.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /d/4978 (2480 words)

	WIRT MSS.
		The Wirt mss., 1899-1957, consist of correspondence and papers of William Albert Wirt, 1874-1938, educator, and of his wife, Mildred (Harter) Wirt, teacher.
		The papers in this collection consist of administrative files of the Gary school system, personal correspondence with prominent educators, business executives and political figures, and papers relating to educational, economical and social problems.
		William Albert Wirt), and are concerned with theatrical productions presented in Gary by the schools and by professional companies under the management of Mrs.
	www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/wirt.html (240 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
		The Cadillac was custom-made not just for the plush upholstery but for half a ton of armor plate, the steel visor over the gas tank, the thick, bulletproof glass, the removable rear window that converted the back seat into a machine-gun emplacement.
		The generous tipping was not limited to newsboys and hatcheck girls; he also tipped the eccentric William Hale Thompson a quarter-million dollars to help elect him mayor of Chicago, and Thompson later rewarded his benefactor by dismissing the city’s official obeisance to gangsters as “newspaper talk.” For Capone, a quarter-million was merely a fractional gratuity.
		William Hale Thompson, the laissezfaire mayor, was soon to be re-elected.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1979/2/1979_2_82.shtml (4907 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Hale Thompson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - William Hale Thompson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		His family moved to Chicago when he was nine years old, and there he later entered politics as an alderman (1900–1902).
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on William Hale Thompson
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/ThmpsnWH.html (202 words)

	Anton Cermak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cermak, with help from FDR on the national level, also gradually wooed fls into the Democratic fold.
		The taunt of William Hale Thompson in the 1931 mayor's race, representative of the WASPs who had led Chicago for years, only backfired on him.
		Cermak's reply, "He doesn't like my name....It's true I didn't come over on the Mayflower, but I came over as soon as I could," was something ethnic Chicagoans could relate to.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anton_Cermak (455 words)

	bossism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The highly invidious implications of the term date from the exposure of the Tweed Ring (see under Tweed, William Marcy) in New York City in 1872 (see also Tammany).
		were Richard Croker and Charles Murphy of New York, Frank Hague of New Jersey, Thomas J. Pendergast of Kansas City, James M. Curley of Boston, William Hale Thompson of Chicago, William Vare of Philadelphia, and Abraham Ruef of San Francisco.
		The original sort of bossism gradually declined with the assimilation of older immigrant stocks and reduction of new immigration, growing literacy, extension of government into the social-welfare area previously cared for by the machine, and increase in the number of jobs falling under civil-service requirements.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/bossism.html (452 words)

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		In 1635, Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for the “crime” of disseminating “newe and dangerous opinions, against the aucthortie [sic] of magistrates.” 1 Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628–1686, p.
		Tribune Co., 307 Ill. 595, 139 N. There, the mayor of Chicago, William Hale Thompson, whose administration was marked by graft and corruption, sought to silence this amicus, his bitterest and most vocal critic.
		Thompson caused a libel [*15] suit for ten million dollars to be filed against the Tribune on behalf of the City of Chicago.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/curiae/html/376-254/011.htm (4108 words)

	1923: Reform in the big city
		That spring Mayor William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson was feeling pretty sorry about the changes taking place around City Hall.
		After two terms (1915-1923) in office, Thompson and his gang were out because Chicagoans opted for a little reform.
		But in 1923 Thompson was down on his luck.
	www.suntimes.com /century/m1923.html (643 words)

	Kaminski Wiki: Editing WilliamHaleThompson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, in an editorial published in April 1931: William Hale Thompson was defeated Tuesday after a campaign which he alone made disgraceful.
		The election was an ejection, a dirty job, but Chicago has washed itself and put on clean clothes.
		Thompson recognized the Tribune as his chief enemy.
	www.istori.com /cgi-bin/wiki?action=edit&id=WilliamHaleThompson (236 words)

	Organized Crime - The Status before Prohibition
		Business, and the amount of profit received through prostitution operations, fluctuated as different mayors came and passed, for some could be bought out, and others could not.
		Mayor William Hale Thompson was an example of the prior case, and during his terms, gangster activities such as prostitution thrived.
		A December issue of the Daily News in 1922 stated, "the lawless days of the famous 'red-light' district when the demimonde and professional gambler, under the appraising eye of the police, were once more restored … where … Thompson political followers were in absolute control" (Landesco, 39).
	www.umich.edu /~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/organizedcrime1.html (1299 words)

	Genesis of Organized Crime in Chicago
		The election of William Hale Thompson to the Mayor’s office in 1915 brought new hope to Levee regulars.
		Promising that he "was as wet as the Atlantic Ocean", Thompson was returned to the Mayor’s Office in 1927 with strong support from Chicago’s criminal element (Nelli 1970:232).
		The alliance between the Thompson administration and the Capone mob was an important milestone in the development of organized crime in Chicago.
	www.ipsn.org /genesis.htm (9148 words)

	Untitled Document
		Late in the afternoon, Eugene Williams, a young fl man playing on a raft, floated in front of a "white" beach.
		While it is not possible to state that the anti-Thompson element deliberately brought on the riots, yet it is safe to say that they were not averse to its coming....
		Mayor Thompson was a candidate for re-election and was re-elected.
	marchand.ucdavis.edu /lessons/HS/ChicagoHS.htm (3631 words)

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