Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Responsible for Prohibition prosecutions in the District of Columbia is District Attorney Leo A. Rover. Part of the Brookhart outburst was an offer to tell Mr. Rover, before a grand jury, all that Senator Brookhart knows or has heard about Wet Washington. Mr. Rover called at the Prohibition Bureau to see if there was sufficient evidence to warrant grand jury procedure. Mr. Rover said he would be "very glad" to have Senator Brookhart testify, but with everyone bearing in mind the motto "No more crusades," it seemed certain no great amount of evidence would be found, that any steps toward...
...matter of fact, snobbishness is probably not as prevalent at Harvard as it is in many small New England colleges," he continued, "Harvard's reputation comes from the fact, no doubt, that she always does things in a grand manner. The University does what it feels should be done, and doesn't bother to explain, though the heathen rage...
...Lucky Ed") Hutton and his golden-haired, oyster-and-pearl-fond wife, Marjorie Post Close Hutton, daughter of Charles W. Post of Postum and Toastie fame.* Hutton wealth is disbursed in gorgeous grandeur. Invited to the famed Manville-Bernadotte wedding in Pleasantville, N. Y., Mrs. Hutton drove to Grand Central in one of her six Rolls-Royces,* made the 28-mile trip in a private car, was met in Pleasantville by other Rolls-Royces she had sent ahead. On this occasion observers noted the private car did not carry an empty baggage car behind, usual Hutton caution against rear...
Died. Miss Josephine Crist Delmonko, last of her name to operate the old time (defunct since 1923) Manhattan restaurant which her great-grand-uncle founded; in Mount Kisco...
Three sums of $4,000 each will be taken from the grand total: the first to go to Phillips Brooks House; the second to be reserved for class funds; and the third to be used for the Student Council and organized charities. The money for the class funds will be allotted as follows: to the class of 1930, $1,600, of which $1,000 is a loan for the Senior Album, to be repaid, and $600 a fund for entertainments and general expenses. Of the remaining $2,400, $600 each will be given to the classes...