Word: united
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gain control of China. There are 21 provinces in China now; in my diocese, which is composed of one and a half provinces, there are more people than in France and England put together. Yet linguistically, culturally, and racially the people are homogeneous, and so China will remain a unit...
Lincoln C. Andrews is Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He is in charge of Prohibition enforcement. He was put in charge to take the Prohibition unit out of politics. In so doing he appointed Herbert H. White Prohibition Administrator at Fort Worth, with jurisdiction over Oklahoma. Mr. White ousted from office Prohibition agent, the Rev. Mr. Thoroughman* of Lawton, Okla. Several churches objected. Last week the following letter from U. S. Senator Harreld, Republican of Oklahoma, to Mr. Andrews was made public...
Lieut. Commander Richard E. Byrd of the Naval air unit that was assigned to accompany MacMillan and that flew three Leoning Amphibian planes a total of 5,300 miles over perilous ice-lands: "I think that again the great National Geographic Society has fathered an expedition that has contributed scientific knowledge to the world." He particularized: experience with radio and solar compasses, data on flying conditions in frigid air and over snow-covered terrain. He warmly complimented the men under him on their courage and discipline, citing Mechanic Bennett's heroism in climbing out on a wing to prevent...
...among the six colleges that have already been encountered, the debate tonight being the seventh of the trip. Only in two instances did the invaders debate as a team, in the other instances the "split debate" being used. In the two instances where the Britishers debated as a unit, they were defeated by popular vote. In each instance the question was Prohibition, and the invaders favored its abolition...
Until the introduction of the oil-combustion motors, no power unit approached the steam turbine for efficiency, economy, and simplicity of operation. Lately the trend has been toward Diesel type motors for all but the largest of ships. The Denny experimental ship, plying as a ferry on the River Clyde, will be closely observed to see if steam has caught up with its rival...