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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affairs had arisen on account of the recent controversy over the soldier bonus. In October, 1923, Mr. Mellon issued less favorable figures; the Democrats accused the Treasury of "juggling figures" in order to forestall the bonus. Hence, when Mr. Mellon issued last week the glad news of the greatest surplus of history, he issued it with an apology...
...Frederick Field, K.C.B., Admiral in command of the squadron that paid a three-day visit to San Francisco during the past week, telegraphed from his flagship, H. M. S. Hood, greatest battle cruiser afloat, that all the ships under his command would have their liquor stores sealed during the visit, as an act of courtesy to the American people...
...this is indicated in the release of an important statement by Dr. Eugene A. Noble, Juilliard Secretary. According to his pronunciamento, fellowships will be offered as usual (100 of them) to those graduates of music schools and of the music departments of colleges and universities, who give the greatest evidence of brilliance in competitive examinations to be held in October. But "no beneficiaries will be granted money to study abroad under this plan." Instead, the Foundation will employ teachers, operate its own studios and give daily direction to its fellowship-holders. Dr. Noble himself will keep check on their daily...
Seventeenth among the nations (alphabetically), marched the finest athletes of the U. S., 300 strong. Up in the line somewhere strode their most-feared rivals, 60 hardy Finns, among whom the greatest names were Paavo Nurmi (distance runner entered in six races), Willie Ritola (present U. S. distance champion, bearing Finland's colors because of an Olympic ruling), Hannes Kolehmainen (long time a Marathon marvel), Porhola and Torpo (weights...
...great, the famed journalists of today are in the main neither editors nor simple reporters. The names which take greatest rank are those of "correspondents" *the interpretive reporters. They tell what happens and they tell what it means. In the case of the best men, this is done without partisanship. Frequently such men, in the mere process of explaining something, say things far more illuminating than the editorial writers of their sheets...