Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when there was agitation for calling a special session of the legislature to investigate charges that money had been lavishly, not to say wastefully, spent by the State Road Commission, said to have been picked and dominated by James E. Ferguson. Of the seven columns, two were given to statements by several state legislators arguing that there was no need to call a special session to investigate charges against the Fergusons. Three columns more were devoted to a statement by Governess Miriam A. Ferguson as to why she would not call a special session. (Some persons were loathe to believe...
...therefore desire to retract said statement and attack upon the administration of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and upon the character of Jim Ferguson. I freely admit and acknowledge, confess and declare that my said statement in reference to Governor Ferguson and Jim Ferguson is not true in whole or in part, and my statement above quoted and printed in The Crusader was made without any foundation in fact or upon any excuse that would justify me in making the same...
...order that justice may be done I authorize the publication of this my statement in any newspaper of the State or in any other manner. Did not Mr. Keeling know that there are libel laws in the State of Texas? It surely must be libelous to print in Texas that anyone "encourages crime" unless one has definite proof. Mr. Keeling was very fortunate to escape prosecution...
...earnings statement and balance sheet of General Motors for the third quarter of 1925, ending Sept. 30, go far toward accounting for the extraordinary rise in Motors stock on the Exchange...
Another slap was given to the perpetrators of the ill-timed questionnaire on the truth of statements made by W. O. McGeehan, sports writer, and the CRIMSON on the question of football versus academic prestige, by T. A. D. Jones, head coach of the Yale eleven. Coach Jones, who received one of the few postcards that escaped suppression, refused to vote. He did not indicate his belief in McGeehan's declaration that Harvard was ready to swap two presidents and three department heads for a good backfield; and he did not show agreement with the CRIMSON's statement that...