Word: davises
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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For the records, the Chicago Weather Bureau announced that precipitation over 1,000,000 sq. mi. from the Rockies to the Lakes was less than 20% normal. "Worst drought since 1894," said the Lincoln, Neb. Weather Bureau. "Worst in 50 years," retorted Chicago. "There has never been anything like it...
First speaker of importance was nasal, white-haired Norman Hezekiah Davis, U. S. Ambassador-at-large. His contribution to a world that already seemed twitching for another war:
Respectful applause followed Mr. Davis back to his seat. As far as the U. S. was concerned. Disarmament was evidently already in the grave.
Other honorary degrees were received from President Davis by William Hovgaard, professor of Naval Design and Construction at M. I. T.; William Barstow, president of the Edison Pioneers; William Duane Ennis, professor of Economics of Engineering at Stevens, and Harry R. Westcott, consulting engineer.
A lot of people were not feeling any too well when King Frank and Queen Octavia opened the civic celebration with their triumphal landing at Jefferson Davis Park. Unofficially, the "South's greatest party" had started night before. A host of otherwise solid citizens had dressed up in their...