Word: strause
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chairmen, Thomas Bartlett Quigley of Omaha, Neb., Oscar Straus Schafer of New York City; Committee members, Theodore Otis Brewster of Dedham, Morton Cole of Hingham, Alfred Townsend Hartwell of Honolulu. Lawrence Harry Hitch Johnson Jr. of Milton, Frederick Billings Lee of New York City, William Rupert MacLaurin of Boston, Samuel Newbury Mauierre of Milwaukee Wis., John Martin Noble of St. Louis...
Besides approving the arrangements for the Assembly, the Executive Committee also passed on the appointment of two additional Red Book sub-chairmen. John Orrsen Ross of Redding. Conn, was appointed sub-Chairman of the Editorial Board, and Oscar Straus Schafer of New York City, sub-Chairman of the Photographic Board...
...names of many of the 50 pilgrims to her doors had a familiar ring, for they were names spoken in the White House a score of years ago, such names as Straus, Murray, Fish. But the number of missing names was a reminder of how completely times had changed. Gifford Pinchot, the young forester whom President Roosevelt supported so ardently in his struggle for conservation of forests, is now fighting other battles single-handedly in Pennsylvania. Henry Cabot Lodge, Roosevelt's close friend, has but recently gone to his grave. Senator Beveridge is no longer Senator, but hopes...
Finally pressmen sought out James Pershing, brother of John, at his office in the Straus Building, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. James regarded the questioners with a quizzical smile: "My brother let his teeth go without attention for some time, as one will. ... I suppose that his general condition too may have been weakened by the oppressive climate of Tacna-Arica, of which he has often spoken. ... I feel sure that my brother's condition is not actually alarming...
...slap in the face of smiling Prosperity could not pass unrequited. One of the world's largest real estate financiers, Simon William Straus, took notice, issued a statement which came quickly to the point...