Word: informativeness
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...hours later, when the "enemy" steamed peacefully into harbor, the similarity between the Spanish and Austrian flags was made evident to the "Harvard's" master, and several other naval commanders, no doubt one of them the captain of the good ship "Yale," took great pains to inform Captain Cotton that Austria was neutral...
...have the honor to inform you that you have been selected for appointment as a cadet of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., and you are, therefore, authorized by the Secretary of War to present yourself before a board of officers at Fort Sheridan, Ill. on the fifth day of March, before 9 o'clock a. m., for mental and physical examination...
...Mussolini is believed to have obtained a "free hand in Abyssinia" from Britain and France who need his aid in getting Germany into the Eastern Locarno. In London this week the Foreign Office announced, that Sir Sidney Barton, British Minister to Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia, had instructions to inform His Majesty that Abyssinia's proper course is "direct negotiation with Italy," not an appeal to the League (of which Abyssinia is a member) or an appeal to Britain...
...each Freshman shall procure slips at the Union for the House he wishes to visit with the understanding that it will be necessary to limit the number of slips given out for any one meal at any one House so as to prevent overcrowding; (3) that the Houses shall inform the Union of any special functions, House dinners, etc., to which the privilege will not apply; and (4) that Freshmen are urged but not required to visit the Houses in company with upperclassmen...
...created some 70,000 Federal jobs outside the Civil Service and cries of "too much patronage" are now rising louder & louder. But hungry Congressmen remain unsatisfied. Last week as prelude to a House caucus on patronage six Democrats headed by Speaker Byrns marched into the White House to inform President Roosevelt that Representatives were not getting proper service on their requests for patronage, that one prominent official had actually insulted patronage-seekers by telling them to "go to hell." The President said he would investigate. As the delegation marched out one Representative grumbled: "That's just a stall...