Word: nationales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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High were the hopes of a little group of men who last week journeyed to Washington, politely presented themselves at the White House office, asked for five minutes of President Hoover's time. Secretary George Akerson eyed them sharply, asked who they were, what they wanted. They explained: they represented...
¶ Last week President Hoover was 55. He celebrated his birthday privately at his Shenandoah National Park camp. Prime guests: Charles Augustus Lindbergh et ux. The President was "surprised" by a cake, candles, inexpensive presents. Pastimes: pitching horseshoes, dam-building, reading Sunday newspapers carried by air from Washington. Prime horseshoer...
A. E. Lefcourt, in some quarters considered Most Potent Realtor, came from Russia. His first U. S. job was blacking boots. His most recent achievement was the opening of his own bank, the Lefcourt Normandie National Bank. He has specialized in building industrial centres.
¶ Because audiences, made critical by the increasing efficiency of the sound device, can always tell when the star player moves his or her lips while an unseen person does the singing, officials of Warner and First National advised their studios last week to allow no more doubling.
¶ At Hollywood one Guinn Williams, one-time football player working for First National, felt a horse kick him, returned the kick, made the horse sick for two days.