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...Smoot who is a member of the Debt Funding Commission. Mr. Yoakum saw Mr. Smoot last week and this time his terms were very lenient: 79 years instead of his former 50 for payment. He would likewise have the first year's interest payment be paid on he 79th year, the second year's on the 78th, and so on all through the period. This would reduce the first payment on a $4,000,000,000 debt such as France's from about $150,000,000 to about $40,000,000- equivalent to a heavy reduction...
...office, a placard advises visitors that he is so busy that he finds it "impossible to grant any personal interviews." Within, an absorbed, absentminded, gracious, tireless, cheerful individual carries on his work, with the calm open-mindedness of a scientist, from one day to the next of his 79th year. Well might his motto be the one which is the heritage of the Princes of Wales-"Ich dien" (I serve...
...John Coolidge and Calvin Coolidge, Jr., applied for enrollment in the Citizens Training Camp to be held at Camp Devens, Mass., in August; felicitations went from the White House to John C. Coolidge in Vermont who celebrated his 79th birthday. (No presents are sent by the Coolidges on birthdays, but the White House cook baked a cake for the elder Coolidge...
Queen Alexandra, the Queen Mother, celebrated her 79th birthday at Sandringham Palace, where she was visited by the King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family. She received many letters and telegrams of congratulation from all parts of the country. Her Majesty was reported to be in excellent health...
...fortnight ago the American Medical Association held its 74th annual convention at San Francisco. Last week the American Institute of Homeopathy held its 79th annual convention at Atlantic City, and the American Osteopathic Association foregathered for the 27th time at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York...