Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Henry Cantwell Wallace, gone now some two months, is not forgotten. Last week, his successor, Secretary Howard M. Gore, Governor-elect of West Virginia, transmitted to the President the report of the Department of Agriculture for 1923-24. He said in doing so that, although Mr. Wallace had never seen the final draft, he had superintended the gathering of the material and it was believed to represent his opinions...
...Author. John Herbert Quick was born to his destiny "near Steamboat Rock, Grundy County, Iowa." After living most of his life in Iowa he is now, at 63, a large-landed resident of West Virginia. His interest and energies?as schoolmaster, lawyer, editor, author?have been in- tense and abundant, centering chiefly on history, politics and the lot of the farmer. His public service has ranged from counsel for the Citizens Committee of Sioux City, when he "prosecuted boodlers" in 1894, to membership on the Federal Farm Loan Board (1916) and head of the Far East Red Cross Commission...
...selecting new executives for his extensive enterprises, declared : "I don't know why it is, but we always have better luck with Western men. Once in a while an Eastern university graduate makes good, but not so often. Approximately 90% . . . are products of the schools of the Middle West or West...
...competition this year was the keenest in the twenty years that have elapsed since the first Rhodes Scholar was elected. For the 32 appointments in as many states there were 507 candidates from 184 different colleges and universities. These candidates accredited from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, were awarded scholarships from the states of New Hampshire, Maryland, and Washington, yesterday. This is the first time that an award has been made to a West Point man. Princeton had three successful candidates. Brown two and Yale...
Donald Bosson Fleming of West Newton...