Word: pointedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In 1923, after refusing a $10,000 bribe to appoint someone else, Governor Warren T. McCray of Indiana appointed honest William H. Remy prosecuting attorney for Marion County. Governor McCray soon went to Atlanta penitentiary for using the U. S. mails to defraud, the prosecutor of the case being Governor...
While Chancellor Marx pondered the goose quill's command, last week, enemies of Paul von Hindenburg raised a feeble cry that it is "unconstitutional" for him to throw his immense influence into the political scale. They carpingly pointed out that, although the new presidential epistle stresses the need of postponing...
A less individual move toward Protestant unity was detailed in the final report of the World Conference on Faith and Order, held at Lausanne, Switzerland, last summer. Formulated by a committee of which Peter Ainslie was one of the members, the report was made public last week by Bishop Charles...
Tex Rickard trumpeted from Florida and the nation's press picked up the echoes greedily. Said the famed promoter: "Jack Dempsey is through with the ring." Said Fisticuffer Dempsey in California: "If Tex says so I guess it's true." Failing sight owing to socks in and about...
When questioned about the length of time it would take to bring the S-4 to the surface, Commander Ellsberg replied, "I have never yet known anyone foolish enough to undertake a salvage job on a time basis." He pointed out that the raising of the ship would be hampered...