Word: agents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conley, formerly a soldier, was a Secret Service Agent in Manila. He set up a crusade against gambling and cock fighting. Then, whether or not as a consequence, he was accused of taking a bribe. Governor General Wood suspended him. Conley was tried three times before a Filipino judge and each time acquitted. Then Governor General Wood, believing in his innocence, reinstated him. But Conley resigned...
...course the question of a secret service agent kept no one from his sleep. Quezon is a very clever politician. He issued a statement saying: "The masses understand that the issue revolves around certain fundamental principles of government..." It does. Under the Jones Act of 1916 the Philippines were promised independence when they achieved a stable government. They were given a legislature to make their own laws on nearly every subject, the United States Senate having a veto. The Governor General, appointed by the President, selects his own Cabinet which must be approved by the Philippine Senate...
...Sparkling comedienne of the silver sheet," Constance Talmadge has turned "cartoonist," according to the announcement of her press agent. She is "collaborating" with Lauren Stout, cartoonist. "That is," continued her press agent, "Constance develops the. ideas and lines, then gives them to Mr. Stout, who, in turn, transfers them to paper." Miss Talmadge's first venture as an artist-a pen-and-ink artist-will be a series of cartoons entitled Dulcy, The Delightful Dumbbell. They are syndicated by the Key-City Feature Service and will appear in the Evansville (Ind.) Courier, the Rockwell (Okla.) Tribune, the Boston Post...
...Incidentally," added the press agent, "Miss Talmadge refuses to accept a penny for her efforts...
...Haynes' thrillers, however, there is always this moral, that thousands of dollars in bribes taken from foolish bootleggers find their way into the United States Treasury, and in the end, having gulled the bootleggers, "the agent, alone in his office, enjoyed a hearty laugh...