Word: steuben
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bastions there in 1777. Molly Pitcher took a shot with her husband's cannon at advancing British regulars. Thaddeus Kosciusko organized and perfected the fortification in 1778. A great iron chain was forged and stretched across the river on log floats. Mad Anthony Wayne defended its position. Baron Steuben drilled our troops; Washington lived there...
...Francis M. Schirp, President of the New York Federation of German Catholic Societies, and President L. A. Ewald of the United Bavarian Societies of New York. They and others disputed the significance of the Endorsement of Nominee Smith, last fortnight, by the executive committee of the nationwide Steuben Society...
...Smith and said: "The present administration has not disguised its hostility to West Virginia's basic interest." He mentioned that West Virginia voted for Coolidge in 1924 instead of its native John William Davis. "The State has received not bread, but a stone." The National Council of the Steuben Society of America recommended Nominee Smith to the Society's units and members (Some 3,500,000 German-Americans). Dr. Arthur Twining Hadley, President-Emeritus of Yale University, wrote a testimonial: ". . . The object of the 18th Amendment was to stop drunkenness and promote public order. This object...
Hoover headquarters lacked specific knowledge of what outstanding German-American individuals or families-such as the Busches, Pabsts, Ehrets, Vogels-favored the Beaver Man. There were several reasons to suppose that 95% was an extravagant figure to quote in this question. President Hans A. Koenig of the Milwaukee Steuben Society said: "Nothing could be more ridiculous than such statements. The sentiment of the German-Americans of Wisconsin is overwhelmingly for Governor Smith...
Secretary Charles Wolfram of the Steuben Society of America denied that any significant conference of German-Americans had been held. A poll of local sentiment was being taken, he said, and would be summarized at the Society's national convention in September...