Word: gerards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that the Smith campaign had contained $103,310, of which $92,090.28 was expended. The balance, he hoped, would last until June 26. He named the contributors ? William Henry Todd, shipbuilder; James J. Riordan, banker; Herbert Lehman, banker; Henry Morganthau, onetime Ambassador; George Gordon Battle, lawyer; James W. Gerard, onetime Ambassador; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas W. Kelly, Anna E. Felix, etc., etc. And told about the biggest contributor of all, William F. Kenny, contractor, who had given $20,000 and loaned $50,000 without security...
...from side to side, all morning, all afternoon, all night, for six days. And round the pale pine dish the riders pedaled, jammed, sprinted, drank beef juice out of paper cups, pasted their burned legs with plaster, until a gun was fired off three times and Franco Georgetti and Gerard Debaets posed for flashlights holding the big bouquets that go to the winners. They had won by a single lap after 2,162 miles of pedaling...
...trans-atlantic sailing yacht race from New York to Santander, Spain. Two classes will race: boats 35 to 55 ft. on the waterline and boats over 55 ft. Many of the notable craft from Eastern harbors are entered including the Aloha, Atlantic, etc. The Atlantic, owned by Gerard B. Lambert (Listerine) holds the Sandy Hook to the Lizard (an English lighthouse) record; 12 days, four hours...
...Secretary, hospitable, had already put his guest at ease by spiking the recent statement attacking Moukhtar Bey which was made by James Watson Gerard, onetime (1913-17) U. S. Ambassador to Germany (TIME...
...Gerard had stated that, because the Senate had not ratified the Lausanne Treaty, it is "unconstitutional" for an exchange of Ambassadors to take place between the U. S. and Turkish republics. At the State Department newsgatherers were roundly informed that the President of the United States does not require the authority of an act of Congress to exchange ambassadors with any country whatever...