Word: capitol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...till midnight but never later. My rule is that I must be in bed between 11 and 12. I must keep in training, almost like an athlete. My exercise is obtained from walking. About two o'clock every afternoon I leave my office at the Capitol and walk briskly for a mile or more. As a result of careful watch over my diet and moderate exercise I keep myself inside the 168-pound limit...
...mind firmly against any leniency toward Debtor Europe. President Hoover was informed by long-eared Senator Reed of Pennsylvania: "I've not found a single member of Congress who will vote for a suspension of debt payment. The proposal is dead." Debt revision produced a deafening Capitol chorus. Idaho's Borah: "I'm opposed." Oregon's McNary: "I'm against." Mississippi's Harrison, Tennessee's McKellar, Georgia's George (in close harmony) : "We're opposed." Wisconsin's La Follette (solo) : "I'm not for." Democratic House Leaders Rainey, Collier...
...makes a misstep we'll fight him just as hard as we fought Hoover. We'll come down harder than ever." Meanwhile a farmers' march to Washington for the opening of Congress was also in the making last week. One thousand "delegates" were expected at the Capitol to petition for a mortgage moratorium. In Madison County, Nebraska, where 25 trucks were hired for a six-day trip, farmers were advised to bring "plenty of blankets and money...
Alter Ego. Col. Howe, the President-elect's alter ego, was born in Saratoga, N. Y. Twenty-two years ago he was Albany correspondent for the old New York Herald, when State Senator Roosevelt arrived at the Capitol. A warm friendship developed between them. "Franklin" took "Louis" to the Navy Department with him in 1913 as private secretary, had him at his side during the 1920 campaign. Col. Howe is credited with digging up the "Happy Warrior" phrase with which Mr. Roosevelt twice nominated Al Smith. He handles the Governor's private mail, private business, private house in Manhattan. During...
...week the only one of former "Red" Sacasa's former officers who was still fighting U. S. Marines?and has fought them for five long years?was General Augusto Cesar Sandino. During the electoral campaign General Sandino, who was not officially a candidate, abruptly proclaimed his rebel camp the "Capitol of Nicaragua." Not wishing to be bombed or to feel a Marine's bayonet between his ribs. General Sandino kept secret the whereabouts of his "Capitol," well hidden in the Nicaraguan mountains near Honduras. Announced he: "I do not recognize Sacasa as the winner of election. I shall yet capture...