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...President Curtis walked squarely under a ladder in the executive office lobby. "General" Brown carefully picked his way around it. ¶ President & Mrs. Hoover gave their big "gold braid" reception to the diplomatic corps. Hands shaken: 1,494. With a "Hello, Dolly!" and a "Hello, Alice!" Mrs. Edward Everett Gann and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth also shook hands, made up their social precedence feud. ¶ Last week the Federal Farm Board reported thus on its wheat & cotton stabilization efforts: "The outcome was not all that had been hoped for." Never the-less President Hoover asked Congress to give the Board another...
...classically beautiful Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, had become an integral part of the capital's society. Their entertainments were lavish compared to the stylelessness of other Washington parties. Just before her husband's retirement Mrs. Meyer had unsuccessfully attempted to restore social peace between Mrs. Dolly Gann and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth at an elaborate garden fête (TIME...
...plunged in the year's blackest trading day thus far. ¶ President Hoover greeted at the White House Senhor Julio Prestes, President-elect of Brazil. At a state dinner in the Pan-American Union President Hoover accorded for the first time full social honors to Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and hostess of Vice President Curtis, by escorting her to the table, seating her at his right. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, wife of the speaker of the House, who contests title of second lady of the land with Mrs. Gann, absented herself from the function. ¶Hearing from Tokyo that...
...boldly as Mr. Curtis of Washington ever fought for the rights of his sister Mrs. Gann, Dr. Smeral of Prague began to battle for his wife's rights. "Scandalous!" he cried, though no one heeded. "I have been elected to Parliament as a Communist by Communist constituents. Yet the police now propose to expatriate my wife for advocating the doctrines of her own husband and his constituents. Scandalous...
Twice within the year he barely escaped notoriety: 1) when he announced that, as a friendly gesture, he would import under his diplomatic privilege no more liquors and wines for the British Embassy:† 2) when as the dean of the diplomatic corps he announced that Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, half-sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, would be accorded all the social honors and attentions of No. 2 lady of the land without setting a precedent (TIME, April...