Word: factly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...general officers into a cinema house at Bordentown, explained what had been done, told them their performance "smacked of military genius." He added that the U. S. should have a trained emergency army of 200,000 in the Second Corps Area for instant military service, bemoaned the fact that the U. S. has no such force...
...significance of this proposal lay in the fact that until then the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission had studiously avoided specific mention of Prohibition as a crime problem. How did Gov. Roosevelt get such a message? Was it meant for public use? Gov. Roosevelt explained that he had written to Mr. Wickersham, asked for some ideas. Responding in longhand from Bar Harbor, Me., Mr. Wickersham had explained: "I have no stenographer with me but I feel that your letter calls for the most helpful reply I can give and I hope that what I have written may suggest something of value...
...Assuming that Russia seriously pursues war she will undoubtedly win-unless Japan steps in. Japan could stem any Russian advance with comparative ease, in spite of the fact that the Russian army is today extremely well organized and much more efficient than it was in Tsarist days. It is well equipped, well armed and well clad, loyal and enthusiastic. . . . The Russia Air Force is large, well equipped and efficient...
...spend. He announced that he would authorize no payments until all the contracts let by the previous administration were reexamined. In vain irate creditor firms throughout the world protested that their contracts had been authorized by the Argentine Congress and are binding, even mandatory upon the Treasury. The essential fact is simply that President Hipolito Irigoyen is the absolute and irresponsible "political boss" of Argentina. When he chooses to pay there will be no difficulty, for receipts and surplus in the Argentine Treasury are adequate, even above normal. Friends of Argentina hoped that "Irigoyen's Whim" would not become...
Baseball, ''National Pastime" (largest commercialized sport), passed its mid-season mark in the Big Leagues. Familiar to "fans,"* many a fact about the 1929 season has now become visible to laymen...