Word: groton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roosevelt's invitation, Mrs. Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt, Elliott's divorced wife, and her son William, aged 1 year, arrived at the White House for a two weeks' stay. As soon as her guest was comfortably settled, the First Lady made off to Groton to see her son John, to Boston to be with James. She planned to be in Warm Springs by Thanksgiving...
...those carillon effects that is never quite in tune and which goes off at all hours of the day and night! At least one can give paregoric to a puppy or a baby. "Referring to the mathematics days, do you remember your first day's class at Groton? You stood up at the blackboard-announced to the class that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points-and then tried to draw one. All I can say is that I, too, have never been able to draw a straight line. I am sure you shared...
Preceding the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. on the list of those entering the Class of 1937, stands that of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, his cousin, and son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Both graduated from the same class at Groton. Other sons of prominent men in the class are: Gaspar G. Bacon, Jr., whose father is Lieutenant - Governor of Massachusetts; Bruce Bliven, Jr., son of the president and editor of the New Republic; and O. R. Cohen, Jr., whose father is the author of many negro stories and a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. R. H. Gardiner...
Last week the International News Service carried a statement purporting to come from John Roosevelt, 17-year old son of the President, saying that instead of coming to Harvard from Groton, he had without his father's knowledge decided to go to Princeton...
...rolling into the unknown as far as the nation was concerned for three days. No newshawks were aboard to report the hourly doings of Mr. Roosevelt, nor of his familiar Louis McHenry Howe, nor of Henry Morgenthau of the Farm Credit Administration, nor of Franklin Jr. and a lucky Groton friend. Not even the Navy Department knew the position of the Indianapolis from day to day. The cruiser ploughed swiftly toward Annapolis, drawing to a close the 15-day Presidential vacation which had provided little real respite from public affairs. By means of the Indianapolis' high powered wireless...