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...tterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods*), interrupted by low, whining air planes from which whipped taut black streamers. One automobile was in the procession, that of Widow Stresemann. Led by grizzled President von Hindenburg, who left the sad line at the Foreign Office, other mourners stalked solemnly afoot to the graveyard...
...Both La Prensa and equally famed La Nation were skeptical of the constitutional right of Argentina's fanatically secretive President Hipolito Irigoyen to sign rich, special agreements without consulting the Argentine Congress. "Even members of the President's Cabinet," said La Nation indignantly, "knew absolutely nothing of what was afoot...
...Chicago, plans were afoot last week for a World's Fair Symphony Band, to be sent, after a Chicago contest, to other U. S. cities to advertise the 1933 World's Fair. Chicago musicians, under famed U. S. bandmasters, will compete this summer in Chicago parks. The Fair-conscious Chicago Daily News guaranteed funds for five concerts, published a plea for funds for 40 more...
...movement is now afoot in the South-west to call the structure Hoover...
This inquiry is not yet afoot, but President Hoover last week called his Treasury chief to the White House and told him what he wanted in the way of tax refund publicity. Mr. Mellon returned to his office, wrote a letter to the President recommending what the President had explained. Mr. Hoover then signed the necessary order...