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...USHER JR. Commercial Traffic Manager...
...Congress adjourns, Britain's Parliament is prorogued. When Congress' work is done, Congress can adjourn in five minutes. Proroguing Parliament is a lengthy and a solemn business. Last week putting an end to the 13-month session of Parliament (longest since the War) Lieut. General Sir William Pulteney, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in black velvet, with lace on his cuffs and a sword at his side, walked from the House of Lords down the corridor to the House of Commons where the door was ceremoniously slammed in his face. Knocking three times with his Rod, he entered...
Hoover, chief White House usher, super vised the work, offered suggestions. From the right wall across the hall a luminous Calvin Coolidge in oils eyed the proceed ings coldly. When hooks were imbedded in the left wall, a large framed picture was swung up into position. The workmen went away. Usher Hoover returned to his office. The next time President Hoover passed through the hall he noticed that an official portrait of Warren Gamaliel Harding had been hung...
That Minister Munro ought to get on well with his easy-going tropical hosts is suggested by a story told on him in Washington. Invited to dinner at the White House, he and Mrs. Munro arrived 30 min. late, were advised by Chief Usher Ike Hoover to dine elsewhere. On another occasion, dilatory Dana Munro arrived late with a speech-of-state which he had prepared for the President to deliver...
...revealed Word of God and believe that the Genesis record of a literal creation is an inspired record of a historical fact. We utterly repudiate the implication that man originated from any lower form of life. We look forward to the soon-coming of Christ, which will usher in the final restoration of nature to its original perfection...