Word: facings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Into the East Room, curtained, flower-banked, walked President Hoover alone. Down into a metal casket set near the wall he gazed for silent sorrowful minutes into the face of his dead friend and Secretary of War, James William Good. After the President returned, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, Senators, Representatives, army officers, foreign envoys stood by for the simple funeral service. The President sat motionless, with bowed head, in a damask-covered gilt chair. His eyes followed the casket as it was borne away from the White House to the beat of muffled drums for its last journey...
...Senate, he repeated the historic phrase: "Mr. President, the Senate has completed its work-" Then he qualified: "-as far as possible." It was all the others present on this solemn occasion could do to keep from outright laughter. Senator Jones, according to Congressman Tilson, wore his "best poker face." President Hoover rounded out the ritual by saying: "I thank you. I have no further communication to make to the Congress at this time." The comedy of the White House scene was furnished by the fact that the Senate defaulted on the tariff bill by voting to end the special session...
...convicted poultrymen face a maximum sentence of one year in jail, $5,000 fine. One wily poultryman, hoping for a light sentence from Judge John Clark Knox, named his newborn son John Clark Irwin Rosenstein...
Five Harvard squash teams will play their initial matches this afternoon in the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association meet which begins today. Team A of the University squad will play the Harvard Club in Boston, team B will face the University Club here, and team C will meet the Union Boat Club players here. In Class B the Freshmen will play at the Weston Golf Club, and in Class C they will meet Quincy here...
...addition to the College teams which are entered in the state tourney, three groups of graduates will play matches during the season. The Harvard Business School team will play the Harvard Medical School team this afternoon, and the Harvard Graduate Faculty players will face the Newton Y. M. C. A. there...