Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Johnson is apparently undismayed by the great start which Coolidge has taken from him. To the less partisan observers it seems that Johnson's chances depend on a "break." What prospects are there of such a break? An issue in Congress may provide it?but that is unpredictable. The only other major possibility now apparent is a soft coal strike next spring. The soft coal miners' wage contract will expire. A strike is likely. On Jan. 22 a convention of the United Mine Workers at Indianapolis will formulate their demands. If there should be a prolonged strike, it might seriously...
James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, compiled these figures. Mr. Johnson, a native of Jacksonville, is a graduate of Atlanta University. In the South he was principal of a Negro high school and practised law. Then he moved to Manhattan to collaborate with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, in writing a light opera which was never produced. Later he became U. S. Consul for various Latin-American countries. Then he was a contributor to various magazines, and now is Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., which carries on propaganda...
Senator Magnus Johnson and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, according to Washington reports, carried out their threatened milking contest (TiME, Dec. 3) at the dairy of the Soldiers' Home. The rules were: "Dry hand milking, two quarters at a time, three-gallon pails between the knees, no anti-kickers or tail holders." The cows were Concordia Dekol and Cora Johanna Frenesta Dekol, thoroughbred Holsteins. Major General Tasker H. Bliss, retired, Commander of the Soldiers' Home, was referee...
...five minutes both cows were reported "clean." The victory was awarded to Secretary Wallace because he had drawn a pint more of milk. Senator Johnson, the challenger, protested the decision on the ground that Cora Johanna Frenesta Dekol, his cow, had been milked too recently. The quantities of milk were not given...
...Senator Johnson then made another challenge for a match with bucksaws and a woodpile...