Word: marring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...press was taken at a disadvantage by the suddenness of the event. Without warning, one afternoon, a statement and two letters had been given out at the White House. The statement had said simply that Secretary Hughes had tendered his resignation to take effect Mar. 4, and that Mr. Kellogg would take his place. One letter from Secretary Hughes to the President stated that, having served 20 years in public life, he wished to retire, in accordance with his long-cherished intention; and that since "foreign affairs are perennial," no more appropriate time could be found. The President...
Those entitled to $50 or less bonus credit will not be paid until Mar. 1 or later, if their applications do not arrive in time. So far, about 30,000 checks have been prepared for mailing on that...
...Disposition of the Morgan loan, made last spring (TIME, Mar...
...CHILDREN'S CHILDREN - Scribner ($2.00). (TIME, Mar...
...Mar. 20, 1919, J. P. Morgan & Co. announced on behalf of the British Government that cessation of the War-time policy of "supporting the pound" had been ordered. Sterling, long held at about $4.75, at once started a long toboggan which ended at $3.18 on Feb. 4, 1920. In the next two years the pound twice reached $4.00 and over only to fall back again. In 1922, a genuine advance began that ended at $4.72 in February, 1923. The invasion of the Ruhr, British flight of capital and fear of the Labor Party brought sterling down to $4.20 again last...