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Of the present incumbents, one is Henry Riggs Rathbone, a statesman of the wet-lipped, silver-tongued variety, with a grandiloquent voice. Mr. Rathbone's parents were in President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theatre the night of the assassination. Mr. Rathbone has never permitted himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In Illinois | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

Since 1925 Colonel Morrow has been quietly presiding over his commission, having previously been Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. A close lipped Army career man, he would neither affirm nor deny, last week, reports that his commission is on the point of submitting its completed findings to President Coolidge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Snarl Cut | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

In London close-lipped Sir Henri Deterding said: "I can throw no light upon this sad affair."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Bullets & Shell | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

Motoring from Nice to Monte Carlo, Prince Carol conferred there with the one Rumanian who can conceivably set him upon the throne, M. Juliu Maniu, doughty Leader of the Rumanian Peasant Party (Opposition). At peasant mass meetings throughout Rumania, M. Maniu has furiously denounced the Government of Premier Vintila Bratiano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Carol Loose | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

At the Moon Run Mine, near Crafton, Pa., it occurred to them to find out how much it actually costs to mine one ton of coal. Division Manager Harry M. White of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., close-lipped subordinate, refused to reveal the pertinent figures.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Senators Afield | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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