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Major General Frank Parker, now in charge of the 6th Corps Area (Chicago), to command the potent Philippine Department. Dapper, diplomatic General Parker achieved a brilliant War record as commander of the First Division in the Argonne. South Carolina-born and socially inclined, he did much to revive the social life of Chicago's Fort Sheridan. With his wife and one of his daughters, Anne (who was last year voted the most beautiful girl at Smith College), he will sail for Manila next month...
...State's finances, with power to suspend or withhold appropriations, reduce personnel. Last week Governor Moore, still true to the Princeton Plan, selected John Colt, 43, able Princeton banker and onetime assistant professor of politics at the university, to fill the null position. Fiscal Commissioner Colt, dapper, popular, brainy, is a Republican. His appointment gave evidence that Democratic Governor Moore was sharply avoiding politics in public expenditures. Son of a Kansas City minister, "Dictator" Colt studied at Princeton, served with the A. E. F., returned to teach at Princeton. He married Eleanor Boyd, sister of Author James Boyd (Drums...
Georges Bonnet, dapper French Finance Minister, felicitated everyone on their "loyal efforts," contented himself with remarking that eventually nations off gold would thank France and the other gold standard countries for their efforts to maintain a fixed standard by which fluctuating monies can be measured...
...fifth set, the excitable crowd, well aware that the Cup which France has held for six years depended on the next few games, began to chant "Cochet! Cochet! Cochet!" But little Cochet, dapper and forlorn, needed something more than encouragement. Perry, apparently not tired at all, saw that his opponent was too weary to cover the blazing court. He smashed through five games in a row, making Cochet run as far as possible in every rally. Cochet picked up one game on his own serve but Perry quickly took the next one and" the set, 6-1. In the dressing...
Actual Progress made at the World Conference last week was solely in the realm of wheat. The "Big Four" wheat exporting countries (U. S., Canada, Argentina, Australia) had been held up for a fortnight while Australia's dapper, grey-spatted Resident Minister in London. Stanley Melbourne Bruce, badgered his Government by cable at 40? per word to join the others in some sort of wheat acreage reduction pact (TIME, July 3). Last week, after a conference of Australia's State Premiers. Dominion Premier Lyons ("The Man from Tasmania") had good news for Mr. Bruce. Next...