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...Paul is 84. By refusing to run again for President he would doubtless prolong a life which his big red country house and his rosy-cheeked, laughing grandchildren make pleasant. Most Germans, when they learned that Old Paul had consented to run again, felt a tug at their heartstrings. They assumed that if re-elected on March 13 President von Hindenburg will die in office. If he lived out his second term he would...
Just as no one rides on No. 99, few get inside "Uncle Dan's" white stucco house, which hides behind trees in Baltimore's smart Roland Park. There he lives with his wife and his two orphaned grandchildren, whose parents died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. He plays his violin occasionally, is a wretched golfer. Like many a railroad man, he goes to the office on Sundays. Like many railroad children, his grandsons like to go along, too. He owns the farm where he was born, farms it. He belongs to the Unitarian Church, drinks a little, smokes...
...done something greater than the dollars and cents gained. . . . They have contributed to maintain courage and hope in the German nation." ¶:As usual last week the Press spotlight focused glaringly upon the White House Christmas. Sons Herbert Jr. and Allan arrived from California with Mrs. Hoover Jr. and Grandchildren Peggy Ann and Herbert ("Peter") III. But this year Hard Times, more as an example than as a result of necessity, made a difference even at the White House. The President & Mrs. Hoover frowned down costly gifts, decided all presents should be inexpensive. Three days before Christmas Mr. Hoover with...
...eight original Houston children, survivors are Andrew Jackson Houston, custodian of San Jacinto battlefield, and Mrs. Nettie Houston Bringhurst of San Antonio. Living descendants: 20 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 35 great-great-grandchildren. Living grandchildren are: Mrs. Margaret Bell Probert, New York novelist; Mrs. G. H. Loe, Toledo, Ohio; Temple Houston Jr., Enid, Okla.; Sam Houston Ill, Claremore, Okla.; Richard Houston, Woodward, Okla.; Mrs. W. C Henderson, Tulsa, Okla.; Adriane Houston and Margaret Houston, La Porte, Tex.; Mrs. R. E. McDonald, Stamford, Tex.; Mrs. Josephine Paulus, Pearsall Tex.; Mrs. J. B. Heitchew, Abilene, Tex.; Harry Houston and Temple H. Morrow...
...years ago a grey-haired Detroit Negro solved his personal unemployment problem by becoming a Mohammedan, taking the name Mehmed All Bey and wangling passage for his wife, ten children & grandchildren to Turkey. Arrived at Istanbul, ingenious coal-black Ali besought Dictator Kemal Pasha thus: "In the name of 28,000 Moslems suffering from racial problems in America, I petition you to accord land on the shores of the Bosporus where we may create a flourishing American town and enjoy Turkey's traditional impartiality to Negroes...