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141. Thunder over Kansas City: Murder and an Election Thunder over Kansas City: Murder and an Election September/24/1938 Second of a four-part series of magazine articles on the microfilm roll with photos, illustrations, and information on the Pendergast machine of Kansas City. Description of criminal and legal figures associated...
142. Thunder over Kansas City: Slaughter and a Challenge Thunder over Kansas City: Slaughter and a Challenge October/1/1938 Third of a four-part series of magazine articles on the microfilm roll with photos, illustrations, and information on the Pendergast machine of Kansas City. Description of criminal and legal figures associated...
143. Tom Pendergast Tom Pendergast 1902 This booklet contains the names, life stories, and pictures of the different Democratic Party candidates running in the November 4, 1902, Jackson County election. Included is Tom Pendergast, a nominee...
144. Tom Pendergast Tom Pendergast 1977 Chapter discusses Tom Pendergast's relationship with the Roosevelt administration. Initially, relations were cordial as Pendergast supported Roosevelt's bid for the presidency. Roosevelt aide Jim Farley...
145. Tom Pendergast Tom Pendergast Newspaper clippings with photos, illustrations, and information about Tom Pendergast (1872-1945) and his political machine in Kansas City in the 1920s-1930s, associating with organized crime and election...
146. Tom Pendergast Tom Pendergast 1930 Head and shoulders portrait.
147. Tom Pendergast at Leavenworth Prison Tom Pendergast at Leavenworth Prison June 27, 1905 This book on the Leavenworth Penitentiary includes a mention of Tom Pendergast including the story behind the prison mugshot of him which the Kansas City Star wanted to publish.
148. Tom Pendergast Home Tom Pendergast Home Contains nomination form for the National Register for the Tom Pendergast home at 200 West 54th Street, built in 1914 and designed by architect Frederick Gunn.
149. Tom Pendergast: Boss of Kansas City Ages, and Turn of Fortune Changes Tom Pendergast: Boss of Kansas City Ages, and Turn of Fortune Changes March/21/1938 History of the still-ruling political machine and its illegal activities under Tom Pendergast, with photos, including Pendergast and his concrete plant and liquor distributorship.
150. Tom's Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend Tom's Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend 1947 Descriptions of the chronology of Tom Pendergast's prison entrance (May 29, 1939) and release (May 1940) and subsequent death (January 26, 1945).
151. Tom's Trouble Tom's Trouble April/17/1939 Report of the indictment of Boss Pendergast for income tax evasion and its consequences on organized crime in the city.
152. Truman Places: Jackson Democratic Club Truman Places: Jackson Democratic Club 2000 Article discusses Truman's relationship with Tom Pendergast.
153. Washington Notes: Representative Bell Stalks and Townsend Scalps--Clements as Investigator--Townsend-into-Messiah Washington Notes: Representative Bell Stalks and Townsend Scalps--Clements as Investigator--Townsend-into-Messiah June/10/1936 Biographical article about C. Jasper Bell, a national representative "chosen to head the Townsend investigation primarily because he was known to be a lieutenant of Boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City,"...
154. Water Cooler Water Cooler August 1, 2006 Photograph and six quotations related to Tom Pendergast and the era of machine politics in Kansas City. Among those quoted are Tom Pendergast, Jim Pendergast, and Harry S. Truman.
155. Whitewash Whitewash January/25/1935