Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Hoover appointed John Gerrit Diekema of Holland, Mich., to succeed Richard Montgomery Tobin, resigned, as U. S. Minister to Holland. Minister Diekema, fluent Dutch-speaker, is another feather in the cap of the University of Michigan...
...tourist trade to exist. Vienna makes and sells fine porcelain, furniture, pearl buttons, meerschaum pipes, leather goods, luggage,* furs, jewelry. The great Vienna International Fair, Austria's semi-annual chance to make trade contacts with other countries would open in a few days. Without tourists, the fair could not succeed. What was the Chancellor going...
Fortnight ago Capt. Rene Pugnet was appointed to succeed Capt. Yves Thomas as Captain of the French Liner Paris. Last week, as New-Capt. Pugnet was preparing to make his first westward voyage as her Captain, the Paris mysteriously caught fire at her berth at Havre. Rugs were spoiled, handsomely furnished first-class cabins charred, the grand staircase almost demolished. One thousand U. S. tourists were forced to search frantically for other passage. The accident was the Paris's third in the last 18 months...
...Rome, Mr. Garrett, 57, will succeed Henry Prather Fletcher, U. S. Ambassador (professional), resigned, who sailed last week for the U. S. Mr. Fletcher was a victim of Rumor. When he personally conducted President-Elect Hoover down, across and around South America, Rumor chose him to be Secretary of State. When the No. 1 Cabinet job went to Henry Lewis Stimson, Rumor made Mr. Fletcher Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, largely because he had served 27 years as a career diplomat. After Charles Gates Dawes was chosen, Mr. Fletcher resigned. Rumor picked him up again...
...Paul Jones* was appointed Episcopal archdeacon of all Utah. That same year Bishop Spaulding died and all were pleased that the young missionary was chosen to succeed...