Word: citizens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...shall be from time to time nations of the world with which the United States of America has diplomatic relations, including, however, as nations, for the purposes hereof the United States of America, the British self-governing dominions, and India, one of said scholarships to be available for a citizen or subject of each such nation...
President Hoover had been interviewed on the matter by Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, a Congressman whose chief claims to fame are World War soldiering and, before that, footballing at Harvard. Mr. Fish had concluded, as has many another citizen, that the dispute between the academies which has for two years prevented citizens from seeing the Army and Navy play football together was not only silly but unbecoming in both of the country's services...
...Australia is almost exactly the size of the United States. Her entire population is a little less than that of New York City. To defend this enormous area, the Australian conscription law provided that boys must register at the age of 14, that those physically able must serve as citizen soldiers between the age of 17 and 21, must drill two hours weekly, attend camp one week each summer for field instruction. There is no regular army. A skeleton force of 1,582 instructors is retained as a "permanent" army. To defend the continent last year there were just...
Interstate branch banking is not yet a fact. Many a U. S. citizen however believes that it soon will be. Of these none believes more devoutly than Mr. Amadeo Peter Giannini, president of Transamerica Corp. Ample proof of his belief came last week when he announced his intention of increasing the number of Transamerica stockholders from 135,000 to 500,000. One million shares were authorized. When or if interstate branch banking is allowed by Federal law Mr. Giannini will have paved the way for branch banks in many states by having stockholders in many states...
Chairman of the Board to be elected by the Governors for a term of several years, indefinitely renewable. Expectations at Baden-Baden were that a U. S. citizen would be elected Chairman, might find the office a lifetime...