Word: callers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back in Manhattan, Mr. Roosevelt's bodyguard was at wartime strength and alertness as he settled down to conferences on his Cabinet and policies. An important caller: Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador, back from London with his Government's latest views on War Debts. An important development: Senator Carter Glass finally refused the Treasury portfolio, which thereupon went, it appeared, to William Hartman Woodin, musical president of American Car & Foundry...
...this week on Debts, Disarmament and the World Economic Conference, Senators and Representatives, many of them "lame ducks," kept interrupting by popping in to "pay their respects," and explain volubly the whys & wherefores of election results. Ambassador Edge called to say good-by before starting back to France. Another caller was John Work Garrett, bearded, limping Ambassador to Italy. Dr. Don Ricardo Alfaro had his credentials to present as the new Minister from Panama. A Hoover handshake was all Charles Hann Jr., U. S. vice president of the Federation of Interallied Veterans, wanted. The President also found time to step...
...operators would be greatly aided in their work if instead of asking for a specific department of the University, the caller would give the extension number. With nearly 400 different extensions, it is a nuisance to look up the desired one, and no operator can be expected to memorize them all. For this reason, the University has published a telephone directory which eliminates the time and expense of extra labor...
...Anton Joseph Cermak, Democratic Mayor of Chicago, called at the White House. Because he had no appointment he did not see President Hoover. A caller who did see the President was Roland Robinson, 24, youngest member of the British House of Commons...
...brigand." "lawless," "bunco," "scaly monstrosity," "mountebank," "... a blackmailing, blackguarding, nauseaus (sic) sheet which stinks to high heaven and which is the shame of newspapermen the world over." But neither friend nor foe could call Publisher Bonfils "sensitive." Journalistic rough-&-tumble was his particular meat. He was an able name-caller himself. The battle of the Post and Rocky Mountain News was costly to both combatants. Because the Scripps-Howard morning News started an evening edition to compete with the Post, Bonfils brought out a morning Post to harass the News. For two years they tried to outstrip each other...