Word: met
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...National Flag Conference of the American Legion Commission on Americanization met in Washington to adopt a code for the civilian use of the flag. President Harding, Secretary of Labor Davis, Samuel Gompers and others addressed the meeting. Said the President: " I do not suppose there is any law to punish the President should he not stand at salute when the colors pass, but I would not be happy in my official capacity if I did not do it. . . . I have concluded recently that about the dearest picture of the flag-we shall not see it long-is when...
Silver Bay, June 18--The Harvard Delegation, numbering 27, met today following the general session in the afternoon and elected three officers. D. A. DeLong '26 was selected chairman, while D. LeB. Sweeney '26 and Edgar Durbin 25, were chosen chairmen for athletics and stunt nights, respectively...
...interest of $119,000,000; a further $2,380,000,000 to be guaranteed by a 5% mortgage on physical holdings of industry, agriculture and shipping. This will produce another $119,000,000 gold marks, making a total of $238,000,000. The remaining $27,600,000 will be met by pledging customs duties on imports other than necessities, excise on tobacco, beer, wine and sugar and receipts from the spirits monopoly. The average pre-war receipt from these sources is put at $190,400,000, but the present day value" has now fallen to one-quarter on account...
...met on the dock by Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry, her consort. Then commenced the magnificent spectacle of two monarchs riding side by side in a gilded coach drawn by six horses through the flag-bedecked town to the Royal Palace. Everywhere the populace acclaimed the Royal party with vociferous cheers. Festivities have been arranged for King Haakon at Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague...
Meanwhile Shelby, Montana, goes happily on building canvas castles on the prairie to accommodate the crowds expected for the fight on July 4. The Mayor announced sententiously that there will be neither gambling nor " outlawry." Suspicious characters will be met at the trains and summarily requested to return whence they came...