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...Other callers at White Court included Ambassador to Mexico James R. Sheffield and Mrs. Sheffield (who are cruising along the Massachusetts coast in a houseboat) ; Representative Underhill of Massachusetts, just returned from the Philippines; Admiral and Mrs. Eberle...
...perennial controversy furnish the answer. Samuel P. Langley, builder of the first airplane, died, brokenhearted, shortly after the Wrights' first flights; his own attempt to fly had failed some time previously. But it failed, many experts have thought, because Langley tried to have the flight made from a houseboat on the Potomac without provision for a suitable length of run for getaway, and not because his device was inherently deficient...
...front pages of the press, the subject of discussion was the President's World Court proposal, the suggestion that it might split the Republican Party. Interspersed with this matter were accounts of the President's vacationing in Florida?his trips aboard the Pioneer (the houseboat of Edward B. McLean), his foursomes at golf with Mr. McLean, Albert D. Lasker (the then Chairman of the Shipping Board), and Charles G. Dawes (the former Director of the Budget). Before the vacation was over, Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General, caused...
...Michigan, Chase S. Osborn, ex-Governor, believes that " Mr. Couzens [Senator] is an honest man," but "speaks from the fullness of his stomach and from the viewpoint of the Florida houseboat crowd." Accordingly Mr. Osborn announced that he would not refuse to be a candidate for the Republican Senatorial nomination next year in opposition to Senator Couzens if the prohibition forces felt it imperative that he fight the Senator's " 5% beer" platform ( TIME, July 16). Mr. Osborn added: " I could not refuse the nomination for the office of dog catcher if there was a real need...
From Ormond to Miami through the lagoons of the Florida coast, the houseboat Pioneer took its leisurely course during the past week. Watched for more eagerly than a rum runner, and equally unpredictable in its appearance, it kept winter visitors at their windows and public functionaries on the docks during many long hours of waiting. On board the Pioneer, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLean, were President and Mrs. Harding and their friends. They had no time schedule to fill, and stopped daily wherever the President felt inclined to play golf. A foursome it was- usually with...