Word: willises
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The minister left last night. I have assumed charge. Willis.
When that laconic message crossed his desk in 1932, Secretary of State Henry Stimson asked: Who is Willis? A look at the files revealed that Willis was Frances E. (for Elizabeth) Willis, 33, third secretary in the U.S. legation in Stockholm. In the absence of the minister and his top...
Last week Frances Willis hove in sight of the foreign-service officer's lifetime goal: a mission of one's own. President Eisenhower nominated her to be Ambassador to Switzerland (where women do not have a vote and take no part in government). Now counselor of the U.S...
Slim, buoyant Frances Willis is a hardworking, tactful career diplomat. A Ph.D. (Stanford), she taught history at Goucher and politics at Vassar before entering the foreign service at 28, served tours of duty in Chile, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Finland. In 1944-45 she was assistant to Under Secretary...
Died. Willis Smith, 65, freshman Democratic Senator from North Carolina; of a heart attack; in Bethesda, Md. In 1950, entering a four-way primary race for the U.S. Senate, Corporation Lawyer Smith waged a bitter campaign against the incumbent, Fair Dealer Frank P. Graham, "to save America from the social...