Word: honneur
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...father's White Sewing Machine Co. grew White Motor Co., first manufacturing steam cars. Since 1921 he had been the company's president. During the War he was one of a committee to supervise U. S. Army motor transport, was made Chevalier de la Legion D'Honneur...
...William Scott Vare, met last week and nominated James Montgomery Beck for the U. S. House of Representatives. Mr. Beck used to be (1900-1903) Assistant U. S. Attorney General. He used to be (1921-1925) U. S. Solicitor General. He is an officer of the Legion d' Honneur, a Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgian). Since a Vare-machine nomination is tantamount to election, President Charles B. Hall of the Philadelphia City Council announced: "With Senator Vare in the Upper House and Mr. Beck in the Lower House, added prestige will be given not only...
Upon Commander Savage, King Albert pinned the Order of Leopold I, commander's rank (equivalent of commanderhood in the Legion d'Honneur, which Commander Savage already possessed...
...Harrison, 73, originally a Philadelphian but, like the other two, so long a resident of France that his hands have learned to talk, and the feeling of his landscapes takes you back to the best days of the Barbizon school. All three are members of the Legion d'Honneur; all three have contributed to the spring salon since the century turned, and longer. Painter Harrison this year hung four canvases- "La Marne," "Solitudes," "Images," "Le Midi" (all to be pronounced as they were painted, Frenchwise, exquisitely...
...Staying in Washington as house guests of President and Mrs. Coolidge was Nicholas Murray Butler, A. B., M. A., Ph. D., LL. D. (from 17 universities), Litt. D., Jur. D., D. C. L., Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur, Grand Officer of the same, Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Redeemer (1st Class), Commander of Order of the Red Eagle, etc., etc., etc., President of Columbia University, Republican protagonist of Wets...