Word: yorke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Elihu Root, who died in 1937, was one of the greatest of American international lawyers. He was Secretary of State under President Theodore Roosevelt, United States Senator from New York 1909-15, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague from 1910 until his death, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1910-25, Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 1912, and diplomatic representative of the United States in many capacities...
Throughout his career he was active in New York state, national, and international law associations. He was awarded an honorary degree of LL.D. by Harvard...
Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parks for New York City, will speak this afternoon at the New Lecture Hall under the auspices of the Godkin Lecture Foundation. The talk, which is to be open to the public will begin at 4:00 o'clock...
Surmounting this impressive barrier is undoubtedly what has given Templeton much of his musical sense of humor. Listen to the album of records which Gramaphone Shop of New York has done (Brigg's and McKenna's have them) and not only is there some excellent piano, but some of the wildest satire you've ever heard. The man deserves great credit, not only for having overcome a handicap, but for being an accomplished piano player (his latest trick being to play concertos after having heard them once), and for having carried on with a musical tongue in the check where...
Colonel John P. Hogan, Chief Engineer and Director of Construction of the New York World's Fair, will present an illustrated talk on "The World's Fair of 1939" in the New Lecture Hall at 7.30 o'clock tonight...