Word: pointer
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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People's Progressives (formerly a pro-Ford group): Robert R. Pointer and Roy W. Harrop...
...Majesty then hied him to a penny-in -the -slot weighing machine. A crowd of bystanders peered curiously at the dial and duly noted that the pointer recorded the royal weight at "ten stone, thirteen" (153 Ibs.). His Majesty was, however, wearing a heavy overcoat, for the day was exceeding chilly...
Died. Brigadier General Horatio Gates Gibson, 97,"oldest living West Pointer"; in Washington. He entered just as Ulysses S. Grant graduated. Due to his slight stature, he was nicknamed "Agnes"?an appellation which clung to him through life. When he was a lieutenant at the battle of Fredericksburg, his sword was cut from his side by a shell; at the end of the Civil War he was a captain in the regulars. A nonagenarian at his daughter's house in Washington, he smoked from six to ten cigars daily...
...organization was originally pro-Ford, but Mr. For'd's disavowal of Presidential ambitions, deprived the Party of its leader. So with good grace, Robert R. Pointer, of Detroit, organizer of the original Ford-for-President Club, was nominated for President and Mr. Harrop was nominated for Vice President...
...nomination Mr. Pointer exclaimed: "It will be the proudest moment of my life if I am nominated by this convention. ... I received assurances only last Saturday that Lowden [ex-Governor of Illinois] will be square behind me if I am nominated...