Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-10 | Page 4 | Who's Noo on Congress

WHO'S IWHO'S I NOO IN CONGRESS John W. W Flanagan New Virginia Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- Vir- Vir ginia House Member Fights for What He Wants BRISTOL Va Feb 10 P The tP-The The Ninth Virginia district one of or tho the stormiest political battlegrounds inthe inthe in inthe the south Is re represented r by a red led j j haired sturdily F i b built u i I t Irishman r. r schooled in the li n fighting methods method of his community h Y X 1 John W. W Flana Flanagan f gan drafted to reclaim re rc Pi claim the district 1 for the Democrats in 1930 prosecuted f l his campaign w with Hh iy such vigor he came off ocr with the lar larg larg- cst majority ever accorded a candi date of any party parly for the scat JOHN w. w FLANAGAN More often Republican than Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic the district was represented by bythe bythe bythe the Republican family of Slemp for more than 20 years ears Flanagan was young when he first evidenced a willingness to battle for what he wanted He worked with railroad rail road construction gangs angs to send himself himself himself him him- self to the college founded by his forefathers forefathers fore fore- fathers Washington and Lee This is Flanagan's second entry into public life lICe He was commonwealths commonwealth's attorney one term