Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...CLARK'S DECISION. CARRY ON. Hoover's "Out." One of the wildest rumors generated by the ruling was that Judge Clark made his ruling with the knowledge and consent of the White House, to provide President Hoover with a neat, complete "out" from the Prohibition controversy. As "proof" of this fabulous theory, the theorists pointed to the speed with which Attorney General Mitchell sent the case to the Supreme Court. Henri Mouquin, 93, famed oldtime Manhattan wine merchant and restaurateur, was "electrified" by the decision, wired from his Virginia retreat to his sons to prepare to get back...
...Russell Doubleday were sent to business and professional men throughout the U. S., soliciting endorsements to a full-page newspaper advertisement to appear Jan. 2. Also solicited were contributions "not to exceed $100" to buy the space in as many papers as possible. Accompanying the appeal was an advance proof of the advertisement : an open letter to the President with World's Work noted as sponsor, and with surrounding spaces left blank for endorsers' names. Excerpts: ". . . our financial and industrial foundations stand broader and firmer today than at any other time in our history. We believe the American...
...Although she loved theatres, gay parties, she was very religious, regretted that Charles was not. He made her promise, however, never to interfere with his work on Evolution. During acute attacks of his 40 years' ill- health she was constantly near his bedside at night, corrected proof sheets...
...used to keep extra-proof gin in his Washington golf locker to the immense satisfaction of young U. S. State Department employes...
...actions of the committee members in charge last night are inexcusable. Their explanations were never definite nor indicative of competence. The first defence, that the statement on the ballots to vote preferentially was a misprint, is astoundingly weak; it is generally the custom for the men in charge to proof-read such important documents as ballots. If they had done so, the mistake would never have happened. Secondly, their protest that the straight vote system has been used exclusively in past years and should be this year does not take into account the important objection that, because of their mistake...