Word: curtises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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But in the following year, 1922, Mrs. Corrigan agreed to sell a house on the property to Mrs. Helen Curtis, known likewise as Mrs. A. L. Curtis. After the agreement had been made it was discovered that Mrs. Curtis was a person of Negro blood. Then the trouble began. Mr...
In the District of Columbia Supreme Court, and in the Court of Appeals, Mr. Buckley won. Transfer of the property to Mrs. Curtis was prohibited. The lawyers of the Negro organizations?Moorfield Storey, Louis Marshall, Arthur B. Spingarn?fought the case in the Supreme Court. Last week Justice Sanford read...
The other Reed, David of Pennsylvania, objected to consideration of the resolution. The vote was 45 for and 34 against consideration. A moment later another roll call was held and the resolution was passed 59 to 13. In both cases only regular Republicans voted in the negative. Of the 34...
The Alignment. The curious situation lay in the fact that Senator Curtis, the Republican leader, and Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, both opposed the bill - yet it was passed by vote of 69 to 13. The opponents of the bill never mustered more than 14 votes. The opposition was small...
Engaged. Miss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, famed Manhattan lawyer; to Curtis Bean Dall of Manhattan.