Word: curtise
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Vice President Curtis, traveling to Los Angeles to open the Olympic Games (see p. 25). paused at Las Vegas, Nev.. made a little speech. The following occurred:
¶Vice President Charles Curtis set out from Washington as President Hoover's substitute to open the games.
In charge of the plaza are Vice Presi dent Curtis and Speaker Garner. On the statute books is a law prohibiting demonstrations there. To Roy Robertson's picketers went the police order: "Keep out of the plaza, stay off the grass, keep moving." Leader Robertson obeyed. Back & forth behind a...
Such persistent picketing gave Congress a touch of nerves. Vice President Curtis, panicky, had the Marines called. From the Navy Yard 60 arrived by trolley with rifles & bayonets. The marchers guffawed at this turnout. Ten minutes later the Marines were on their way back to barracks. "I'm fed up...
To the building on Manhattan's Broadway where are published Liberty, Physical Culture, True Story, True Romance, True Experiences, Dream World, Ghost Stories, et al., lately went Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, wife of Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was closeted for a lengthy conference with Bernarr Macfadden, publisher of...