Word: filley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Patterson of Missouri complained that he was not even notified by the President at the appointments of two important Missourians-Dwight Filley Davis as Governor-General of the Philippines ; C. B. Denman as a member of the Federal Farm Board. Senator Patterson's first inkling of this "patronage" came from newsmen...
...Dwight Filley Davis, wife of the Governor-General of the Philippines, denied a rumor that her daughter Alice was engaged to marry Allan Hoover, the President's son. The two are "barely acquainted," said Mrs. Davis. She explained: one day on the Army's proving ground at Aberdeen, Md, (while Mr. Davis was Secretary of War), Allan Hoover and Alice Davis happened to stand near each other when a camera clicked...
Twenty-five years after his honeymoon trip there, Dwight Filley Davis last week returned to Manila. He was promptly inaugurated as ninth Governor-General of the Philippine Islands. His arrival caused a holiday. White men and Filipinos stood in the streets to cheer. In his inaugural address, he pledged himself: 1) to pursue the policies of his predecessor, Henry Lewis Stimson, now Secretary of State; 2) to oppose any limit on duty-free sugar to the U. S.; 3) to promote "an era of economic and industrial development." Independence he would not discuss...
...Confirmed Dwight Filley Davis as Governor-General of the Philippines, Charles Evans Hughes Jr. as U. S. Solicitor-General, Robert Hendry Lucas as Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
Usually the choice for this highest colonial post lies between two types of men: a military man like the late Leonard Wood; a civilian like Statesman Stimson. Last week President Hoover found his man, Dwight Filley Davis, in whom are neatly combined the best characteristics of both types. His appointment seemed to please every one except a group of U. S. citizens at Manila who had sought promotion for Vice Gov. Eugene A. Gilmore...