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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mabel Elizabeth Walker Willebrandt. Candidates there were galore from every State but the President's requirements were high: a thoroughgoing Dry, possessed of a sound legal mind and ample industry, beyond the influence of front-page publicity. Such a man Mr. Mitchell told President Hoover he would find in Mr. Youngquist. Acceptance of the appointment followed only after long persuasion, for Mr. Youngquist had aspired to become Minnesota's next Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Dry Hope | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...have seen a good many explanations," said the Vice-Chamberlain jovially, "as to why we took my vacation on a tanker instead of a liner. They were all of them wrong. The truth is very simple. I knew in an oil tanker we would find peace and quiet and good sailing conditions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tanker Jack | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...United States," he cried, "the only place where you cannot expect to find booze is in a church basement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Wet & Wetter | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...Citizens may still expect to find sacramental wines in the basement of most Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, Jewish synagogs. † Native wines and 75% Beer

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Wet & Wetter | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...start on the royal road to romance for his glorious adventure, the nation's watchful press jumped on the job. Reporters from one of the great American journals got word of the matter. And it did not take long for these mighty and powerful servants of the public to find a nefarious British plot back of the entire excursion--subsidiary of the undergraduate press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 11/9/1929 | See Source »

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