Word: bureau
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Supreme Court upheld all sentences, except that of the elder Burns. As Chief of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation, (1921-24) Detective Burns was once a Hero. During the court investigation he was pictured as a "villain." The Supreme decision clears him of "villiany" leaves unsullied his record as a world-famed sleuth...
...American commerce that has taken place during and since the World War cannot but be of interest to those who would keep in touch with the affairs of the world. Especially is this the case when such an authority as Dr. Klein is the author. As Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce he served under Herbert Hoover when the latter was Secretary of Commerce and his former chief has contributed a forword and many quotations to the book. It can be taken as the official statement of the significance of America's new position...
...American Institute of Architects appointed by the Treasury Department, the Fine Arts Committee of the District of Columbia, the Supervising Architect and the United States Public Buildings Com-mission approved and recommended the use of Indiana Limestone for at least the first two buildings, those for the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Commerce...
Going back to his office, Mr. Mellon had still to ponder the problem of who should be appointed as the new chief of the Internal Revenue Bureau. The incumbent, David H. Blair, had resigned. Among candidates for the vacancy were Charles R. Nash of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mellon's State; E. C. Alvord, Mr. Mellon's legislative adviser; Chairman Benjamin...
Presses whirred last week in the U. S. Bureau of Engraving & Printing, turning out a new 2? stamp. Standard size, standard red color, it will commemorate the golden jubilee of Thomas Alva Edison's electric light bulb (TIME, May 27). Design : The bulb, rays of light; the caption, "Edison's First Lamp...