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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...received with the utmost cordiality. From the first morning that I worked with Clemenceau I learned of his great heart, his unfailing generosity, and his great respect for humble folk. . . . His grandeur was that of a god, but his simplicity attached him to earth...
...Russia, in 1918 was an editorial writer on Pravda, now the Soviet's official mouthpiece. Despite his bourgeois background, he led a Soviet army in Turkestan against counter revolutionists, then became Minister of the Treasury and in 1928 head of the Soviet oil syndicate. In choosing him first Ambassador to Britain, Dictator Josef Stalin picked the Communist most acceptable to Britons, probably the mildest Communist still in the Soviet's good graces...
...Were warned by Hero-Admiral Earl Beatty, Commander of the British Grand Fleet (1916-19), First Sea Lord (1919-27), "our situation with regard to cruisers is indeed serious...
...Manhattan, the Herald Tribune, generally the first recipient' of Morgan news for the daily press, broadened and mellowed the Tageblatt story thus: "Confirmation could not be obtained for the report that the German 'D' banks would cover [Dr. S'chacht's] advances to the German government by short term credits to be granted with J. P. Morgan & Co. It was understood that no negotiations for such a-deal had been opened...
Lucky 13. Under Mexican law the first five voters who appear at a polling booth on election morn are the legal guardians of that booth for the rest of the day. In Baltimore last week friends of General Manuel Pérez Trevino, President of the Grand Revolutionary Party, congratulated him on the fact that voters of his party were first at every single polling booth in Mexico City and at most throughout Mexico. The count gave President-Elect Ortiz Rubio 13 times as many votes as all other candidates combined. Only 19 people were killed in the entire republic...