Word: inspecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mayor-elect of Seattle went to Manhattan last week, arriving just too late to hear what the Mayor of San Francisco said to the Mayor of New York. Mayor-elect Edwards was there to inspect public utilities. Mayor Rolph of San Francisco was there on a holiday, with his high boots tucked under his trousers (as always) and wearing the first straw hat of the season. Just before Mayor-elect Edwards arrived, Mayor James J. Walker left town, as usual to make a speech...
...Panama, where Peace-Dove Lindbergh sprinkled goodwill three months ago, the War Department's two chief eagles-Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison and Major-General James E. Fechet, Chief of Army Air Corps-last month flew to inspect the Canal's defenses...
...Most of all, he wants to see his old friends and sit quietly with those who have been his pals." Russell Owen in the Times said that he is not through, that he is merely going to stop making public appearances. He will go to San Diego, Calif., to inspect a plane that is being built for him (see p. 28). Perhaps he is pondering another spectacular flight, said Mr. Owen. All this is not very consistent, and the conclusion is that no man, not even Col. Lindbergh, knows what he is going...
...Owen D. Young last week. At the same time came news of a British merger, to control more than half of all the miles of cables in the world. But also last week, a great U. S. communication merger took place and the U. S. public was invited to inspect a new power in U. S. business. His name is Sosthenes Behn...
...Magruder" was plain-spoken Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Magruder who commands only the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The War Department's "Magruder" was really a "Super-Magruder" because he was Major General Charles Pelot Summerall, Chief of Staff, and topmost soldier of them all. Touring the West to inspect Army stations, General Summerall last week stood up before the San Diego (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce and said: "The housing situation of the Army is a disgrace! Men are living in quarters at Camp Hearn like workers in a logging camp. The same condition prevails at other places. They are living...