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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...failure to bring about an agreement on naval arms with Great Britain at Geneva in 1927 may or may not be laid at Mr. Gibson's door. In Foreign Affairs, for April, John William Davis, onetime (1918-1921) Ambassador to the Court of St. James's undertook to explain this diplomatic breakdown, to minimize Anglo-American differences, to suggest a policy under which naval limitations could be accomplished. Attracting wide attention in Washington, Mr. Davis wrote...
...There is, however, a much stronger point against the validity of the 18th Amendment. That is the seven-year limitation as to ratification. It is clearly contrary to the Constitution. I have never understood why Root and the other lawyers who argued the case in the Supreme Court did not raise this point. . . . But it is too late now for this objection...
...prime joke this would have been, had not other students of Prohibition, perhaps less profound than Senator Borah but with better memories, recalled that on May 16, 1921, the Supreme Court had decided this exact point−and decided it solidly against Senator Borah's present interpretation. In the case of Dillon v. Gloss, Mr. Justice Van Devanter delivered the unanimous opinion of the court...
Less than a year later Whitehurst died, leaving an estate of $280,000 and no will. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals decided that this marriage was valid under the laws of New York, that Claire Ulrich was, by common law, Mrs. Whitehurst. As his widow, and over the objections of his mother and brothers, she was entitled to administer and share in his estate...
...squad are at present working out of the inside court in the Freshman Athletic Building. The Divinity courts will be ready on Monday, but it is doubtful if there will be any outside practice until after vacation. At that time a tournament will be held for those remaining on the squad to determine the exact personnel of the team. Matches with outside schools will start within a week after the men return from vacation. About 15 men are to be retained on the team at the conclusion of the tournament...