Word: nationales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Andrew J. Volstead, once an inconspicuous Minnesota lawyer, has never deeply regretted the fame that came to him when he tagged his name upon the National Prohibition Act. It was a nuisance, of course, when intoxicated traveling salesmen called Mr. Volstead up in the middle of the night to curse...
Spring was coming to Washington with a rush. Sap was rising. The Japanese cherry trees encircling the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park were about to burgeon. A soft greenish sentimentality was adrift in the air. Ulysses Simpson Grant III walked out of the long flat Navy building, sniffed the sweet...
Spring has brought to Col. Grant other problems. Spring makes the sap rise in human beings as well as in cherry trees and Col. Grant is the sworn foe of human sappiness in Washington's public parks. His was the campaign last year against "spooning, necking and petting" by...
In Washington he rules a great domain. To begin with he is the President's official landlord, charged with the maintenance of the White House. He is a potent member of these Commissions: Arlington Bridge, National Capital Park & Planning, Public Buildings, District of Columbia Zoning. His predecessor, Lieutenant Colonel...
The Divine Lady (First National).