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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boulder Dam (1928), the Cruiser Construction Bill (1929), Radio Control (1928) and Reapportionment (1929). He voted against Farm Relief (1927, 1928, 1929) and the Jones (increased Prohibition penalties) Law (1929). He votes Wet, drinks Wet. Legislative Hobbies: War veteran aid, protective labor measures, U. S. merchant marine, a high tariff for Massachusetts industries (shoes, textiles, manufactures). A bachelor, he is tall and stout. A double chin tends to get out over his tight-fitting collar. His stomach bulges over his belt. He weighs 200 Ibs. or more. Setting-up exercises every other day at a Washington health centre have failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 25, 1929 | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...London. Up and down the worn State Department steps, back and forth through its high drafty corridors has of late been seen, in leisurely movement, a tall robust man with a British faultlessness of attire. With difficulty newsmen identified him as Arthur Wilson Page, son of the late great Walter Hines Page, U. S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. Quickly they jumped to the conclusion- in print-that he was to be the new Assistant Secretary of State, vice Minister Johnson. Wrong though their conclusion was, it served to bring a White House statement: President Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Johnson, Page, Phillips | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

After midnight one night last week, three cars sped up to the gate of the high-walled U. S. Naval Base in Brooklyn, N. Y., where are stored the Atlantic fleet's supplies. Out leaped six men. A guard felt the tickly touch of revolver muzzles, swung open the gate. Into the wide Naval Depot yard swept the cars. The guard was forced to unlock the door of the eight-story main building. Then the raiders trussed him up, plastered his mouth with adhesive tape, locked him in the Depot detention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Jobs oj the Week | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...generous bequest of John W. Sterling Y'64 and the helpful co-operation of his trustees, we have been enabled to begin the first of the new buildings to supply dormitory needs for Freshmen. This is the structure about to be erected on Elm St. between York and High. It will be impossible to complete the central portion until the new gymnasium is erected and we can take down the old one. This, we trust may be possible in the very near future...

Author: By The YALE Daily news, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD CRIMSON.) | Title: YALE EMBARKS ON BIG BUILDING PROGRAM | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

...Exeter Cruikshank, H. L. '31 Back 22 168 6. Taft Dunn, K. '31 Back 20 188 6.2 Kent Ellis, H. M. '30 Back 24 165 5.10 Exeter Ferris, D. L. '30 Line 21 185 6.2 Hotchkiss Godman, J. F. '30 End 22 184 6.2 New Haven High Gould, W. A. '32 Back 20 170 5.11 Andover Greene, W. W. '30 Line 23 205 6.1 Lawrenceville Gwin, S. L., Jr. '30 Line 21 195 6.1 Deerfield Hall, A. S. '32 Line 21 195 6.2 Taft Hall, R. A. '30 Back 22 145 5.10 Roxbury Hare, T. T., Jr. '31 Line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE SQUAD STATISTICS | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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