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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...enforcing Prohibition. Excerpts: "Every soldier and sailor has taken an oath to sustain the laws of the land. We already have a standing army ready and able to enforce all laws in every foot of the land and a man at the helm-Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy-who has taken a solemn oath to protect, defend and enforce the federal Constitution and the laws of Congress enacted thereunder...
Died. Edward Walter Eberle, 64, rear admiral, native of Texas, onetime Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet; in Washington, D. C.; of an old infection in his right ear. Rear Admiral Eberle was a lieutenant on the Oregon on its dash around the Horn (1898), had charge of its forward turret at the battle of Santiago...
Died. William Symes Andrews, SI, of Schenectady, N. Y.; electrical engineer, longtime chief assistant of Thomas Alva Edison, oldest employe of General Electric Co.; in Schenectady...
...pompous monarchs who travel as does Egypt's Fuad with a small army of retainers, Secretariat members thought only in the nick of time to provide a throne for the dusky, red-fezzed potentate. Acting Secretary General J. A. M. C. Avenol, flustered in the absence of his chief, suave, assured Sir Eric Drummond, madly canvassed Geneva's second-hand shops until he found a massive chair heavy with carvings and bright red plush into which the king of Egypt would decorously fit. The democratic, glass-walled Council Chamber of the Secretariat was made into a temporary throne...
...kingdom confirmed by membership in the League. Equally aware, however, is the League of Great Britain's strong opposition to this step, for Egypt, which Britain relinquished as a Protectorate in 1922 but which she still maintains the right to control because of the Suez Canal, is the chief route to India, vital artery of British trade...