Word: east
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...East Congregational Church Grand Rapids, Mich...
...daughter and her two daughters-in-law received the guests. As the party imbibed to satiety, all formality was laid aside and hilarity was unconfined. In a corner sat the President shaking hands and chatting with all who chose to greet him. Guests, tired from dancing in the historic East room, sauntered into the imposing hallway to quaff 3.2 beer. Never before, in the memory of man, were the sacred precincts of the executive mansion so used. Order and decorum characterized all White House functions under previous administrations. Probably never before, in its history, was the entrance to the mansion...
Beaver pelts were once standard wilderness money, accepted by Indians and whites at about $4 each. A prime pelt now brings up to $20. Best pelts, deep, lustrous, dark brown, come from Alaska, northeastern Canada, northeastern U. S. Pelts from states east of the Rocky Mountains, except Michigan and Wisconsin, are paler, worth from $4 to $12. Last week furriers were waiting to see the trophies of Edward Boop and other Pennsylvanians before they set a price...
Died. William Astor Chanler, 66. socialite, expeditionist, politician, author, brother of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John Armstrong Chaloner and the late Artist Robert Winthrop ("Sheriff Bob") Chanler, great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor; in Mentone, France. A waterfall in British East Africa, some varieties of reptiles, insects and an antelope species bear his name...
...Though the arguments in favor of his choice would be more cogent if he were a Frenchman. Turk or Prussian, he advances four potent claims: 1) English is now "the natural or governmental" language of over 500,000,000 people. 2) It is the second language of the Far East. 3) It is the language of more than 800 of the world's 1,400 radio stations. 4) No other existing language can be simplified to the same extent...