Word: informant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stated "Two officers and a pay clerk were crushed to death." This insinuates that Chief Pay Clerk John W. Troy, killed in that accident, was not an officer. May I inform you that Chief Pay Clerk Troy was a commissioned officer in every sense of the word as indicated by his commission which reads exactly the same as that of any other commissioned officer with the exception of his title...
...here. I refer to your statement on p. 49 ot your Oct. 16 publication in which you state that our King Ak-sar-ben and his Gracious Consort were crowned in the "Royal Castle of Quivers." Since we Nebraskans leave all of the "quivering" to Californians, may I inform you that it is the "Royal Castle of Quivera!" One thing you may be sure of-there is nothing "quivering" in the enthusiasm of this particular Nebraskan for TIME. MARGARET R. FISCHER...
...perspired profusely, waved his hands and wriggled in his chair but stood firmly by the guns of Greek Justice. Later Mr. MacVeagh returned to smack down under M. Maximos' nose one of the angriest little notes ever authorized by the U. S. State Department: "I am instructed to inform Your Excellency that the United States Government has learned with astonishment that the Greek authorities have again declined to honor the request of the United States for the extradition of Samuel Insull, a fugitive from American justice. . . . My Government considers the decision utterly untenable and a clear violation...
...view of the fact that a contest with Yale is due in the near future, it is hoped that University Hall will take immediate action on this suggestion, and inform the Houses as to just what scholastic leeway it will permit to the House athletes...
When the shooting started His Majesty asked with interest who was leading the rebels. "Sire," he was told, "they are led by Prince Bavaradej. He has captured the Royal Airdrome and is marching on Bangkok." "What? Prince Bavaradej!" cried King Prajadhipok. "Inform the populace at once of my deep regret that a member of the Royal Family should be leading a revolt against the Government." Not the cynical wisecrack of a dissolute sovereign, this pronouncement reflected King Prajadhipok's knowledge that his people regard him as their deliverer from the rest of the Royal Family, a horde of princes...