Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Paul McNutt had a Harvard law degree, a model record among educators as the youngest (34) dean of the Indiana Law School. During the War he became a major of Field Artillery, was never sent overseas. He could make a speech that lifted Legionnaires (or voters) right out of their seats. As national commander, he strode up & down the land making speeches, pumping hands, pounding backs, remembering names, flashing his magnificent smile...
...they passed Princip and Grabezh, both of whom lost their nerve with the failure of the first attempt. At the Town Hall the Mayor was waiting. When Franz Ferdinand and Sophie entered he began a speech of welcome. His subject: Bosnian loyalty to the crown. This was too stuffy for Ferdinand. He interrupted: "Enough of that! I make you a visit and you greet me with bombs." Sophie quieted him and the Mayor nervously finished his address...
...Cremona last week drove Premier Mussolini, interrupting his crop inspection long enough to judge an exhibition of paintings entered in a competition to illustrate one of two prescribed subjects. He saw 44 pictures depicting the "State of Mind Created by Fascism," 79 pictures of "People Listening to a Radio Speech by Il Duce." Apparently Il Duce did not like the way people listen to his radio speeches. He awarded no prizes in that category. To State-of-Mind-Painter Luciano Richetti, Il Duce gave $2,725, congratulated him for showing "true Fascist spirit...
...Synagogue (the nation's oldest, circa 1760), Dr. de Sola Pool took part in a service recalling one in 1790, when the Jews welcomed George Washington to Newport. George Washington's reply, a famed letter, was broadcast in part by Dr. de Sola Pool in a radio speech. Excerpt...
...writing to headquarters for information, the N. A. B. last week was busy explaining its position that both civil liberty and capitalism are "controversial" topics, and therefore dynamite. Its suggestions: 1) have the A. C. L. U. program read by a local A. C. L. U. member as a speech, not as "news"; 2) be sure to identify Orator Sokolsky's sponsor, to avoid letting his views seem to be those of the station...