CAMPAIGN STUNTS
The Mayor of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., Mr. W. N. McNair, is a picturesque figure. Campaigning for the Congress elections recently he resorted to many "stunts," one of which was to ride a steer, borrowed from a rodeo troupe, through the crowded street in front of his city hall, carrying a lasso and wearing a big cowboy hat. Since Mr. McNair came into office two years ago a series of stunts, quarrels, and clashes have kept him in the public eye. Only the other day, because he defied a Judge's order to refund a £25 fine imposed on an alleged gambler, he was arrested and gaoled on a charge of embezzlement and nonfeasance. The arrest came just before he was to perform on the radio with his fiddle, of which he is very fond. After a talkative hour in tfaol his lawyers got him free.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 153, 30 June 1936, Page 14
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