Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge took leave of Wisconsin in three ways: He invited the newsgatherers and photographers to watch him shoot clay pigeons (29 out of 37); he arranged for a simple farewell speech on the steps of the high school in Superior; he fished in the law-immune trout pools of the Pierce Estate every last moment that he could, letting others pack the trunks...
Following are excerpts from a speech which Republican Governor Fuller made last week to the Massachusetts American Legion...
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 18 (speech...
...speech of President Plutarco Elias Calles was delivered before the Congress of Mexico, in the presence of 22 Divisional Generals, 16 Governors of Mexican States and the Diplomatic Corps. Not since the glamorous days of Dictator Porfirio Diaz has Mexico City been the scene of a spectacle so imposing and resplendent...
Herr Hugenberg remained in the background while the Congress deliberated. But his lieutenant, General Director Ludwig Klitzsch of UFA, made a significant speech. He hinted at new tariffs to keep the flood of U. S. pictures from German theatres. He spoke of "cooperation in the European film industry and the word 'film-Europe,' " strongly suggestive of a European cartel aimed at the U. S. cinema industry. When he had finished, alarmed U. S. observers hastened to Paris to confer...