Lance decided to stay in Nashville to work on sessions and writing and was no longer available for all Orleans ' gigs, so bassist Jim Curtin joined to be Lance's sub, as needed, between 1989 and 1994.

Four Prime Ministers in 1945: Labor Prime Minister John Curtin ( left ) shares a joke with the Governor General Prince Henry ( in uniform ) with former Country Party Prime Minister Arthur Fadden, Nationalist Prime Minister Billy Hughes and UAP Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

The Labor government seemed more effective than its predecessor, and Fadden and Hughes were unable to get the better of Curtin.

Billy Hughes, John Curtin, and the Governor-General of Australia Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in Canberra, 1945 Billy Hughes in 1945 aged 83, seven years before his deathBust of Billy Hughes by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Billy Hughes, John Curtin, and Governor-General of Australia | Governor-General Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in Canberra, 1945

Fingleton enlisted in the military during World War II and was eventually sent to work on media matters for Prime Minister John Curtin and one of his predecessors, Billy Hughes.

The leader of the United Australia Party, Hughes had particularly worried Prime Minister John Curtin by frequently and publicly excoriating US General Douglas Macarthur, who was commanding the Allied forces in the Pacific.

Hughes adjoins the suburbs of Deakin, Garran, Phillip and Curtin.

In Menzies's absence, Curtin had co-operated with Fadden in preparing Australia for the expected Pacific War.

On May 30, 1945, The Australian Labor Party Prime Minister John Curtin and his Employment Minister John Dedman proposed a white paper in the Australian House of Representatives titled Full Employment In Australia, the first time any government apart from totalitarian regimes had unequivocally committed itself to providing work for any person who was willing and able to work.

Most Hanna-Barbera series through 1985 had original theme music by Hoyt Curtin, with lyrics ( when used ) by Hanna and Barbera themselves.

United Australia Party challenger Frederick Lee appeared to have won the seat on the second count after most of independent Guildford Clarke's preferences flowed to him, and it was not until final counting of preferential votes that Curtin knew he had won the seat.

Curtin had refused Menzies ' offer to form a wartime " national government ," partly because he feared it would split the Labor Party, though he did agree to join the Advisory War Council.

Curtin realised that Australia would be ignored unless it had a strong voice in Washington, and he wanted that voice to be MacArthur's.

When Scullin retired in 1935, Forde contested the leadership ballot but was defeated by one vote by John Curtin, mainly because he had supported Scullin's economic policies.

The Labor Party of the Prime Minister, John Curtin, had a policy of appointing Australians to the vice-regal post.

Returning to the newspapers ( from which he had agreed to distance himself while serving the Government ) he spent the rest of the war encouraging a patriotic spirit, and attacking the Labor Prime Minister, John Curtin ( who led a minority government in 1941, and was re-elected with a dramatic majority in 1943 ).

Set in South Carolina during Reconstruction, the piece had Theodor Uppman, Curtin, Treigle and Harry Theyard in the large cast ; Julius Rudel conducted.

After some success as a screenwriter — notably the Mel Brooks comedies Silent Movie ( 1976 ) and High Anxiety ( 1977 ) ( in which he played a bellboy ) and the Oscar-nominated script ( co-written by then-wife Valerie Curtin ) … And Justice for All ( 1979 ) — Levinson began his career as a director with Diner ( 1982 ), for which he had also written the script and which earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.

In 1994, Federal District Judge John Curtin ruled that Hooker / Occidental had been negligent, but not reckless, in its handling of the waste and sale of the land to the Niagara Falls School Board.

Fremantle is a safe Labor seat which had once been held by Labor Prime Minister John Curtin, and later, Whitlam-era Education Minister Kim Beazley senior.

He had not recovered when the third call for troops was issued ; but, at his own request, he was placed on recruiting service, in command of Camp Curtin.

Bishop won pre-selection for the Liberal Party for the seat of Curtin, Western Australia in 1998, and went on to win the seat at the federal election later that year against the sitting member and former Liberal turned independent, Allan Rocher, who had held the seat since 1981.

The actions of the POWs in storming machine gun posts, armed only with improvised weapons, showed what Prime Minister John Curtin described as a " suicidal disregard of life ", and had no chance of success.

Major General George G. Meade, a Pennsylvania officer whom Curtin had recommended for brigadier general and command of one of the Pennsylvania reserve brigades in 1861, defeated Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg.

That night Curtin received a call from MacArthur, who had just heard about Eather's withdrawal to Imita Ridge.

Blamey explained that Prime Minister John Curtin had told him to say that failures like Kokoda campaign would not be tolerated.

Curtin is the only child of a builder and his wife, who had emigrated from near Tralee in county Kerry to south London where Brian was born and raised, attending St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Putney Bridge Road, Wandsworth, as well as the Salesian College, in Surrey Lane, Battersea.

At the trial, Curtin claimed that the search was illegal because it had taken place outside the limit of the 7-day warrant.

MacArthur — who had to depend on Australian commanders to carry out his plans — often used his influence with Curtin to obtain changes in Australian decisions.

Anstey is principally remembered as the mentor of John Curtin, on whom he had a great influence in Curtin's early years.

Indeed, the most energetic and diverse performer in Season 5 was Jane Curtin, who was thrilled to see the " Bully Boys " as she called them ( Aykroyd and Belushi ) depart and who debuted a number of new characters and impressions while she had the chance.

Phyllis Curtin ( née Smith, on December 3, 1921 ) is an American classical soprano who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s.

From 1942 to 1944, Dixon took leave from his judicial duties while he served as Australia ’ s Minister ( Ambassador ) to the United States, at the request of the then Prime Minister John Curtin.

Governor-General Lord Gowrie, reluctant to call an election given the international situation, summoned Coles and Wilson and made them promise that if he named Curtin Prime Minister, they would support him and end the instability in government.

Gowrie then summoned Coles and Wilson and demanded that, if he commissioned opposition leader John Curtin as Prime Minister, they would support him and end the instability in government.

Norm Macdonald, who Chase called " the only other guy who did segment funny ", would take over the role for Season 20, harkening to the days of Chase and Curtin by reading contrived news stories but acting as if he were a legitimate news anchor.

Curtin appointed a Royal Commission to determine if such documents had existed, and if the Menzies administration had made such plans.

Curtin died in 1945 and was succeeded by Ben Chifley, who retained government at the 1946 election with over 54 percent of the two-party vote and a continued Senate majority.

At the 1940 federal election, incumbent Prime Minister Robert Menzies secured the support of the two crossbenchers and continued to govern, but in 1941 the independents switched their support to Labor, bringing John Curtin to power.

Curtin did little to quell Ward's attacks, and Ward continued to claim that Menzies and Fadden were responsible for the " defeatist " and " treacherous " plan.

She continued her tertiary education at Curtin University of Technology where she completed a BA ( SocSc ) majoring in economics and also Graduate Diplomas in Education and Education Administration.

Curtin has continued to guest star in shows such as Frasier, Party of Five, Becker, The District, Just Shoot Me and ER.