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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Note-The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters but under special conditions, at the request of the writer, names will be with-held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

Precisely what office work the Hoover aides will do, Col. Hodges has yet to discover. In general, they will serve as special liaison officers between the White House and the War and Navy Departments. Military matters "of a secondary nature" will be placed before them for action. Special letters dealing with the Army and Navy will be prepared by them for the Hoover signature. A 9-to-5 working day will be observed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Workingmen | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Kellogg denied that he would take a diplomatic post after four years as Secretary of State. A special act of Congress would be necessary to make General Pershing an Ambassador for the statutes now prohibiting a military man, active or retired, to enter the diplomatic service. The Sacco-Vanzetti case is held to militate against the chances which onetime Governor Fuller of Massachusetts has of going to Paris where the "radical" tide often runs strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Empty Posts | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Gordon (Scotch), Black (Irish) and Davies (Welsh)?were paid weekly from five to eight pounds apiece ($24-$38), and will receive from His Majesty personally "a substantial gift" according to an announcement last week at Buckingham Palace. About £3,000 ($14,580) was spent to install the special anti-fog machinery which purified the air in George V's bed- room (TIME, Dec. 17), and was considered indispensable in saving his life. To set up a special pharmacy in the Palace and keep it staffed day and night with the most expert drug dispensers cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Crown | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...president of the World Conference on Faith and Order (Lausanne, 1927). Devout and dignified, he became the dominant U. S. Episcopal clergyman. He believed in world peace and church union, was opposed to Prohibition. Years ago, he told his family: "There is no special place where I want to be buried. Just lay me to rest where I die." And Lausanne, where no grave may be leased for more than 50 years, is granting leave for him to rest there, in a hillside tomb, in perpetuity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 8, 1929 | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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