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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...CRIMSON is pleased to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the Student Council. We aim to make the most of the chance by putting out a complete and convenient Register at an earlier time and probably at a lower price than former issues. At the same time we will welcome any suggestions aiming to improve the publication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT YOUR SERVICE | 3/10/1927 | See Source »

...kentledge, the President raised the tariff from 75c to $1.12½ a ton; on gold leaf, from 55c to 82½c per 100 leaves. Meanwhile, last week the U. S. Court of Customs Appeals upheld the flexible Tariff Act of 1922 which authorizes the President to raise or lower the tariff within limits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Mar. 7, 1927 | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...Harry F. Sinclair, and the leasehold in question is the Teapot Dome reserve. The exploiters have been restrained from further pumping until the civil case is decided by the Supreme Court in April. The criminal action against Messrs. Sinclair and Fall is still awaiting hearing in the lower courts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Fraud? Yes | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

...suit of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Plaintiff in Error v. the State of Kansas was thrown out of the U. S. Supreme Court last week for lack of jurisdiction. Hence, the decision of the lower court stands. This decision says that no foreign corporation, whether organized for profit or charity, can carry on any activities in the State of Kansas without the consent of the State Charter Board-except such corporations as are protected by the interstate commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. The significance: many another state may follow Kansas' legal action in ousting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Klan Ousted | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

Anti-evolutionism received two other set-backs during the week. The lower half of the Arkansas legislature passed s bill prohibiting evolution-teaching in the schools. Citizens thronged the senate galleries for a "monkey show." But the senate tabled the bill without even discussing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Forces | 2/21/1927 | See Source »

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