Word: curtise
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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¶ To the White House last week went Vice President Curtis and several Republican Senators to warn President Hoover of the bitter contest brewing in the Senate over his nomination of Judge John Johnston Parker to the U. S. Supreme Court. Undaunted, the President emphasized his sturdy support of Judge...
A regular attendant at Cabinet meetings, by the courtesy of President Hoover, is Vice President Charles Curtis. At last week's gathering he might well have eyed Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown with speculation if not suspicion. Was " General" Brown trying to get the Vice-Presidency away from him in...
What gave rise to these thoughts by Vice President Curtis was evidence dug up by the special Senate committee, headed by Iowa's Senator Brookhart investigating Southern patronage, to the effect that postal workers were going about secretly booming their chief for the next vice-presidential nomination. They emphasized the...
Senator Brookhart soon told the stories to Vice President Curtis whose great good friend he is. He wanted to take the floor to denounce "General" Brown for carrying on a subterranean vice-presidential campaign. But Mr. Curtis dissuaded him. The Vice President let it be known through his friends that...
Seats on the Chicago market sold as high as $50,000 in September, dropped to $24,000 in November, are back to $32,000 now. A bull on Chicago is Robert Arthur Wood, president of the Exchange. His two sons are 17 and 15 years old, yet he confidently predicts...