Word: howett
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...social splurge in Washington, D. C. was the joint debut at the Carlton Hotel of Mary Margaret Jackson and Jean Browne Wallace, 18-year-old daughters of Solicitor General Robert Houghwout (pronounced Howett) Jackson and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Agard Wallace. Carrying bouquets given them by President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the debutantes for two straight hours hand-shook Washington socialites, Government wigs and hangers-on. Also reigning in another section of the hotel drawing room were the fathers, who did not cease to beam all afternoon. Gurgled Washington Post Society Pundit Hope Ridings Miller: "More men-young and older-than...
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