Word: americans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Salmon Oliver Levinson, 63. robust, mender of broken corporations, was one of the few civilians invited to the White House ceremony for the promulgation of the general Treaty for the Renunciation of War, because, as Chairman of the American Committee for the Outlawry of War, to him belonged much unofficial credit for originating the idea of making war illegal. Ceaseless agitator for peace, he had been recommended by no less a journal than the Manchester Guardian for the Nobel Peace Prize. Quite happy now, he sat back, watched the culmination of his endeavors...
Decorated. Kenesaw Mountain Landis, National Commissioner of Baseball; with the American Legion Distinguished Service Medal; in Chicago. General John Joseph Pershing and Admiral Robert Edward Coontz are the only other U. S. personages who have received the award...
...Austin represents the first serious foreign attempt at competing with the U. S. motor car. Said Samuel H. Vallance: "We are not proceeding with the theory that there is anything faulty with the American small cars. . . but in size and economy of operation the Austin Seven is in a class by itself...
...American Chicle...
...American Chain...