Word: requested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...South America was launched in the form of a Senate resolution by Chairman David I. Walsh of the Naval Affairs Committee who read the Senate a letter from Secretary Hull explaining it as an extension of the Roosevelt "good neighbor" policy. The proposal was prompted specifically by the request of Brazil to rent six destroyers with which to train a navy to operate ships of its own now being built. The Hull letter explained that Brazil's interest in a navy was caused by "the desire on the part of some nations for access to raw materials...
...cheerfully pay 100 guineas entrance fee, 100 guineas a year, has headquarters in a turreted fortress built by Henry VIII, later used as a state prison. Rigidly hostile to "trade," the Squadron refused to admit the late Sir Thomas Lipton (tea) even though he had been proposed at the request of King Edward VII, had spent a fortune trying to win the America's Cup for Britain. Furious with the Committee, King Edward reputedly summoned the Commodore, asked: "Can't it be done?" Replied the Commodore: "It can, Sire,* but if it is, the R. Y. S. will...
...prize money had been turned over to him in full. Government bigwigs had even saved him from being fleeced by a scalawag lawyer to whom he had entrusted the fund. He had been released from police supervision in the spring, and moved at his own request to a small, private sanatorium which specializes in tuberculosis treatment. His health had improved wonderfully. His wife was living with him in the sanatorium. He was training under his physician, Dr. Boquet, to become a medical photographer. Yes, he was still a pacifist, but felt hopeful that if he kept his promise...
...stand trial for alleged participation in a roadhouse robbery in 1930. This despite appeals for Montague by Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, George Von Elm, et al. Promptly John Montague's attorneys flew their appeals East, asked New York's Governor Herbert H. Lehman to cancel the request for extradition...
...very much concerned that you are publishing a series of articles on the Mayo Clinic. Such publicity is derogatory to the dignity and achievements of the medical profession, violates our conception of professional ethics and will subject the Mayo Clinic to severe and undeserved criticism. Therefore we earnestly request that you do not publish the articles...