Word: degroot
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Last week President Hoover wrote curtly to U. S. District Attorney William A. Degroot of Brooklyn, N. Y.: "You are hereby removed from office . . . effective immediately." Cause: inefficiency...
...King, said to be particularly struck with the youthful appearance of S. Parker Gilbert, Agent General of Reparations, asked him many questions about his work. The ambassadorial host then quoted Barrie, asked: "Shall we join the ladies?" A feature of the evening was the excellent performance put up by Degroot's six-piece orchestra. Degroot is at present the greatest attraction of the Piccadilly Hotel where he plays in the foyer in the afternoon, in the dining room in the evening and in the ballroom at night. Declared the King: "I have never heard such a feast of music...