Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cents a pound has created a great movement of protest throughout the country. Four Federal agencies and one non-partisan political organization have already begun inquiries into the alleged sugar corner, and all expect to find evidence of manipulation through monopoly which will be brought before a Grand Jury. The five agencies investigating the so-called " sugar steal...
Died.-Former Queen Milena of Montenegro, 76, at Antibes, France. Born the daughter of an army captain, at 13 she married Prince Nicholas, who later became king. She had seven daughters, four of whom made royal matches-with the present King of Italy, the late King Peter of Serbia, Grand Duke Peter of Russia, the Duke of Leuchtenberg. It was announced that the marriage of her granddaughter, Princess Yolanda, of Italy, with Count Calvi, in which she was greatly interested, will take place on April 9, as previously planned...
Jack Pickford: "Prohibition agents arrested two men leaving my Los Angeles home and entering an auto carrying liquor. Two checks from me were in their pockets. I guess I shall be summoned to testify before the Grand Jury...
William Howard Taft: "Discussion in the Canadian House of Commons brought out the fact that I was paid $75,000 for acting as an arbitrator for the Grand Trunk Railroad...
...Grand Central Station Art Gallery, well lighted, planned, and furnished, and with the largest sales gallery floor-space in the world (15,000 square feet), opened March 21. As most of the Press remarked, a new situation thence arises in the life of the commuter, whereby the race for the smoking car may be to the swift, but the Sargent to the slow...