Word: thompsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Charles R. Forbes. The former Director of the Veterans' Bureau, Charles R. Forbes, had been on trial for some weeks in the Federal District Court in Chicago, with one John W. Thompson, St. Louis contractor. They were accused of conspiracy to defraud the Government in the letting of contracts for hospitals. Last week the case was given into the hands of the jury. The jurymen were immured for almost five hours. During that time, the defendants sat smiling and chatting with friends and their attorneys ? Elwood Godman for Mr. Forbes, ex-U.S. Senator James Hamilton Lewis...
...jury, find the defendants, Charles R. Forbes and John W. Thompson, guilty as charged...
...William S. Culbertson, of the U. S. Tariff Commission, proposed an international conference on the distribution of raw materials and the conservation of national resources. Thompson of Miami University (Ohio) asserted that over-population is the chief cause for war, and that the only cure for it is birth control...
...advertising campaign carried on J. Walter Thompson Company for "Lux", a Cambridge product, was awarded the $1500 cash prize and certificate for the best national campaign advertising a specific product, last evening at the Union...
...prizes of $1500 each and certificates were awarded to J. Walter Thompson Company and Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., for scientific research in advertising. A gold medal was awarded the National Vigilance Committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World for the committee's efforts in giving impetus to the credibility of advertising, in fighting its misuse and drawing the attention of the public to the fact that advertising is more effective when credible. No award was made for the advertisement most effective in the use of typography...