Word: letters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Last week another White House rule against pests became operative. Prof. Henry Flury, President of the National Association Opposed to Blue Laws, wrote President Hoover protesting his failure to receive a N. A. O. B. L. delegation (TIME, Aug. 19). Dr. Flury had released the letter to the press. President Hoover never saw the letter because when it reached the White House Secretary George Akerson sent it back to Prof. Flury with these words: "This office no longer receives letters addressed to the President which are given publicity prior to their receipt and acknowledgement. . . . The Office of the President...
Representative of many a letter received from the Scout Jamboree by U. S. parents was the following, written to Consulting Engineer A. Streiff of Jackson, Mich...
...verdict of "espionage," sentenced him, with a flourish, to 20 years' imprisonment. He never served a day of it. Higher courts reversed the decision. For four years he and his newspaper were refused use of U. S. mails. In 1921 he mused: "A person can mail a letter to the German Kaiser and have it delivered, but none to The Leader or its editors...
...would not consent, he declared, to abide by any fixed budget. He had offered to provide them with $6,500,000 per month, but they would not budget even on that generous basis. For a Soong and a banker there was only one alternative. In his long, closely reasoned letter of resignation, Soong wrote...
Hubert Prior ("Rudy") Vallee, crooning, blond, Yale-graduated orchestra leader and radio idol (WEAF) was arrested for speeding on Manhattan Bridge. To the patrolman who reported him came many a letter and telephone call from indignant females of all ages...