Word: press
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After 20 minutes, Franklin Roosevelt left the train. Photographers recorded the solemn occasion (see cut). It was announced that next day's White House press conference was cancelled lest anything the President might say be misunderstood in war-frightened Europe. The impression was that Washington expected the worst hourly, that Peace hung by a heartstring...
These circumstances were somewhat misleading. With Prime Minister Chamberlain dramatically seeking peace from Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden (see p. 75), tension was less that evening than it had been for several days. Mr. Hull met the President's train mostly as a favor to the press. Otherwise reporters would have had to wait through a wet evening before filing accounts of the President's conference with his top diplomat. Similarly, the President's press conference was really canceled because he needed time to read reports. And Secretary Woodring had gone to the station for no reason more...
Admiral Hepburn's friendly words to the press and populace soon deflated the island's fear of an emergency involving Puerto Rico, but left them convinced that the base was as good as built, at an estimated expenditure of some $4,000,000. Hard fact was that the visitors could not make the decision if they wanted to. That will be up to the U. S. Navy's General Board, the Secretary of the Navy, and Congress. Having persuaded Congress that more bases are needed in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific, the navy is inspecting all available...
...ignored the superpatriots, held court for the press. Excerpts...
Biological laboratories. Institute of Geographical Exploration. Randall Hall--home of the University Press, printers of examination papers, Harvard pamphlets, and authorized literary volumes. Quincy Street, North of Broadway...