Word: christiansen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointed Maj. General Creed ¶ Hammond to succeed him. Also appointed was Robert Ridgeway, Chief Engineer of the New York Board of Transportation, as a U. S. delegate to the World Engineering Congress in Tokyo next October. ¶ A caller at the White House: Minnesota's Governor Theodore Christiansen. His message to President Hoover: The northwest is dissatisfied with the tariff bill, will make trouble at the polls unless husbandry is accorded better protection (see p. 12). ¶ When the Hoovers moved into the White House, the East Room was wired for talking cinema. Two nights a week sound...
...years Minneapolis was represented in the national House by Congressman Newton. President Hoover appointed Mr. Newton to his secretariat. The Newton resignation from the House was recently forwarded to Governor Theodore Christiansen of Minnesota. Minneapolis last week prepared to choose his successor...
Herman Devries, Chicago Evening American: "The choir is the greatest of its kind in America, perhaps in the world." Frederick Ramig, Cleve- land Times: "Dr. Christiansen has the greatest vocal ensemble this country has ever heard. The St. Olaf Lutheran Choir is the criterion for all choirs." Richard Spamer, St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "In all America there exists no musical organization devoted to choral song quite comparable to St. Olaf." New York World: "Some two score youths and maidens from Northfield, Minn., put on immortality for approxi- mately one hour and thirty minutes last night at the Metropolitan Opera House...
...Minnesota, in the county of Lac qui Parle, in the township of Lac qui Parle, was born, 45 years ago, Theodore Christiansen. He has twice been elected Governor of his native state, in whose university he achieved Phi Beta Kappa, before whose bar he made a reputation, and at whose public banquets he became famed as a defender of Babbitts from the attacks of Minnesota's Sinclair Lewis. Last week he was re-elected for a third term on a record of economy and efficiency...
...Governor Christiansen of Minnesota, a bulky, dry, economically-minded man, is his friend and together they often talk politics. A lawyer, he got himself appointed legal adviser to the Federal enforcement officials in his Prohibition District. He advised some raids to put an end to the sale of ginger-ale and soda water "setups" in the nightclubs and cafes of St Paul and Minneapolis. Last week the raiders pushed ahead to catch 'leggers in their homes...