Word: majority
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House made ready for a major international event: President Hoover's promulgation of the General treaty for the renunciation of war. The ratification by Japan, the last of the 15 original signatories to approve the Treaty, was on its way to Washington. To East Room ceremonies were invited twoscore diplomats representing the ratifying powers. The President had a speech ready. A formal luncheon was to be served in the State dining room. Among the prime guests was to be Frank Billings Kellogg, the Coolidge Secretary of State who brought to fruition the idea of France's Aristide...
...death of Maj.-General Eli Kelley Cole, U. S. M. C., left the vacancy to which General Butler was advanced. Aged 48 this month, he is the youngest Major-General of Marines ever commissioned...
Promoted. Brig. General Smedley Darlington Butler, 48, of the U. S. Marine Corps; to Major-General...
...race to rope in the entire South American continent with air lines. To the winners (for no one of the five major con tenders is likely to gain monopoly in any one region) great profits are in store. There is mail to be carried and the governments as a matter of public policy pay handsomely.* Although none of the lines expect to carry much bulky express for years to come, there are precious diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, egret feathers and in districts where businessmen distrust checks, cash to be carried...
Besides following the above excursions of its three presidents, the Association pursued its major purpose of recounting the past year's researches. Some addresses...