Word: doumer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...arrived unexpectedly and decorated him with the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honor. Mayor Walker was, for the first time in his life, struck dumb. This unprecedented honor was genuinely unexpected. Champagne was ordered and he regained his speech. Next day he went to call on President Doumer "to pay my respects to my chief personally." His tentative departure for the U. S. was set for Sept. 16, before which he will visit London.? Said he: "I'm feeling no better than when I left New York and this isn't 'Seaburysickness' either...
Naturally, the new President of France, 74-year-old Paul Doumer. entertained the comparatively young Dutch Queen (she is only 51) at his Elysee Palace. Next came a return banquet at the Dutch Legation- and that...
Died. Clement Armand Fallieres, 89. eighth president of France (1906-13); of a heart attack; at his Mezin home. Defeated candidate in his election was Paul Doumer, present President. In the Fallieres administration occurred the famed vindication of Alfred Dreyfus...
Back to the Elysée drove President Doumer to receive the resignation of Premier Laval and his Cabinet. As custom decrees M. Doumer asked M. Laval to form on the spot a ''new'' Cabinet exactly like the old. He did so. He could then say: "I have been twice Premier of France...
...Doumers did not actually move in until the Elysée had been furiously swept, scrubbed, dusted for two days. After this preliminary assault. General Housekeeper Mine Doumer will lead a frontal attack on the old palace by painters, paperers. floor-waxers, basement-scrubbers, waterspout fixers...