Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clouds of revolution which hung over Cuba have blown over; and "as the conditions in Cuba which prompted the issuance of the proclamation of May 2, 1924, have ceased to exist, the said proclamation is hereby revoked." ¶President Coolidge drew up his plan for the relief of agriculture through the appointment of a commission to study the causes of de pression and to suggest means of removing them. ¶To the Naval Governor, Capt. Henry H. Hough, of the tornado-torn Virgin Islands the President addressed ,a message: "Am deeply distressed to hear of the tragedy that has befallen...
...There is no difference between Coolidge and Davis. Senator Wheeler properly and correctly terms them the 'gold dust twins.' A moment's thought will convince every man and woman that they can get no relief from their present oppressive burdens from either, and a vote for a change?a new broom, so to speak ?is a necessity...
...duty, was driven to it, crippled himself for life getting his Boche. There is also a girl who decided with difficulty between him and the vigorous captain of the squadron. The second act of the play brings the drama of war on the lines into intense, if slightly conventional, relief. The locale of the other acts is on Long Island. College men bandy injudiciously selected slang and punch each other to display affection. Winifred Lenihan gave her usual flawless performance as the heroine, while lesser flights of excellence are provided by Humphrey Bogart and Mary Philips...
...envoy to the U. S., hoped and believed that the future would link the U. S., England and Russia "in a belt of well-meaning Democracies encircling the globe." Others present, both anti-and proSoviet, agreed with him on this indefinite prediction. Colonel William N. Haskell, U. S. Russian Relief head, a second time urged a Russo-U. S. conclave...
...Walsh, of Georgetown University, Director General of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia, touched off the week's second pyrotechnical display by stating that the Soviet Government had officially admitted to the execution of 1,800,000 persons between 1917 and 1922. Arthur B. Ruhl, traveler and journalist, declared the figures "quite impossible." Dr. Harry A. Garfield, host of the Institute, also deprecated, suggested Father Walsh had meant to include all those killed in riots, street skirmishes and the like. Father Walsh stuck to his story, however, and received support from Sir Bernard Pares, English editor. The Russian discussion ended...