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...possessions in the Caribbean. Going by train to Old Point Comfort, Va., he would board the U. S. S. Arizona for her scheduled "shakedown" run after reconditioning. The cruise would be to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Secretary of War Hurley, possibly Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, would accompany him. Mrs. Hoover would stay behind...
...farming land. Their rum trade had been blighted by Prohibition. Their sugar plantations and factories were close to collapse. Last month following a six-month investigation by Chief Herbert Brown of the Bureau of Efficiency, President Hoover transferred the Islands' administration from the Navy to the Interior Department. To set up a new civil government and pull the Virgin Islanders out of their economic hole President Hoover appointed Dr. Paul M. Pearson, onetime elocution professor at Swarthmore College. Last week Governor Pearson and his staff of experts sailed from New York to take up their new job, will barely...
...pride of Adams House will be its lower common room, situated in the west wing of the new building facing Plympton Street. It is largely modeled after a room in a Florentine palace, which has served as the source of the Italianate interior decorations and furnishings. The reason for this luxurious treatment of the room is due to the fact that it was planned when the out-of-date Russell-Hall was to be a part of Adams House. Thus the Lower Common Room was to serve as a balancing feature, but with announcement of a new building to take...
...been progressing steadily since ground was first broken on October 18 of last year. All of the concrete-work has been completed and the masonry has been built up to the fourth floor, leaving only the final story to be added before the outer shell is finished and interior construction may begin...
...first and second stories are twelve round carved marble plaques set in the walls, depicting the signs of the zodiac. On. entering, one is faced by a wide marble staircase similar to the one in Widener but not as large. Paneling and painting are now being done in the interior...