Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler: "I am a native of Tennessee. Came from the ranks?bellboy, newsboy, bootblack, hotel waiter, head waiter, cowboy, miner, newspaper reporter, editor, publisher, president of the Negro Press Association, and was elected four times by acclamation. ... I put in our splendid education and health programs. I stand on my record. Let others climb on the bandwagon! Organization is my slogan...
Said J. Dalmus Steele, Harlem's defeated candidate for Grand Exalted Ruler: "I was quadruple crossed. My future in Elkdom is practically blighted and my faith in the order is virtually under- mined...
Realizing this, the Grand Central Galleries of New York held an exhibition early this summer aboard the Belgenland, showing landscapes, portraits, studies by contemporary U. S. artists (Murray Bewley, Ettore Caser, Gerrit Beneker, Lilian Westcott Hale, Hosvep Pushman, Paul King). Other ships have followed in the wake. The Aquitania became a nautical gallery by bringing to the U. S. Mrs. Dod Proctor's "Morning," the most notable painting in this year's Royal Academy show, for a short visit. The Hamburg-American liner New York exhibited last year the collection of the 15th Century canvasses which had hung...
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...Peter Irwin, shot in the back, dying. Both men had been drinking for days. Before the guest died he swore his host was innocent, the shooting an accident. But Leonard Cline must stand trial for murder. Until the plot of that true story is unraveled next month before a grand jury, one of the most promising careers in U. S. literature is in abeyance. Factitious folk have tried, futilely, to draw conclusions from the identical first names of Mr. Cline's unfortunate guest and one of his minor characters...