Word: capitols
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mississippi, next door to Louisiana, Martin Sennett ("Sure Mike") Conner was being installed the same day as Governor. So bitter was the political enmity between him and Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, retiring Governor, that they refused to ride to the State Capitol for the ceremonies in the same automobile...
Late that afternoon in his own office at the Capitol, Mr. Justice Holmes closed his books, put away his papers and remarked to his clerks: "I won't be in tomorrow." Then he went home to write a letter to President Hoover. The letter...
...Capitol the Naval Affairs Committee after a cursory inquiry, discovered that Governor Judd had "pardoned" one Benny Ahakuelo, who had pleaded guilty to attacking a Chinese girl. Free, Ahakuelo traveled to New York, represented the Territory in an amateur boxing contest at Madison Square Garden. Back in Honolulu, he was one of the five natives later charged with attacking Mrs. Massie. Governor Judd retorted that he had simply discharged Ahakuelo "from pa-role," that circumstances appeared extenuating and anyway, the Chinese girl had been "willing...
Standing on the Capitol steps with Father Cox, Senator James John Davis and Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania received the army's petition for "the God-given right to work," heard them swear allegiance to the flag and sing "America," "Keep The Home Fires Burning," "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag." Their petition was read to House and Senate that afternoon...
After the Capitol review, Father Cox hurried to an appointment with President Hoover, to whom he read in a shrill voice (his throat is sensitive) the same appeal he made to Congress, apparently with the tacit consent of his superior, Bishop Hugh C. Boyle. Demands: a five-billion-dollar public works program to provide jobs; direct Federal appropriation for unemployment relief; "loans to re-establish the farmer"; gift taxation and inheritance tax increased to 70%. The President listened patiently, replied: "We are giving this question our undivided attention...