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Last week cotton took wheat's place in the press headlines of the land and in the worried mind of the Federal Farm Board. Good growing weather began bringing in the 1931 crop ahead of schedule. On the Shafter, Calif, farm in which President Hoover has a financial stake, the first bale of long staple was produced three weeks earlier than last year. Ginning the South Carolina crop started at Allendale seven days ahead of time. In Washington, Department of Agriculture officials hotly defended as "reasonably accurate" their 15,584,000 bale crop estimate.* Prices sank to the lowest...
...American War only William Randolph Hearst, who headlined the country into war, and the Lindbergh of 1898, Richmond Pearson Hobson who sank the Merrimac in the mouth of Santiago harbor, are alive (Hero Hobson is now a Prohibition and antinarcotic lecturer- TIME, March 2). All the others- Roosevelt, Dewey, Shafter, Leonard Wood, Sampson. Schley, even Col. William Jennings Bryan of the Nebraska Volunteers -have died. Cuban revolutionists live longer. President Machado, General Menocal and Colonel Mendieta are all veterans of Cuba's War of Independence. Even Cosme de la Torriente, Cuba's grave member of the Permanent Court...
...General Richmond P. Davis of Camp Lewis (Washington state) was made a Major General and Colonel Walter C. Short, a San Juan Hill hero, became Brigadier General Short. To superintend West Point officialdom finally decided on Major General William R. Smith, commander of the Army's Hawaiian department (Fort Shafter...
...Roosevelt books and manuscripts with portraits and original drawings for political cartoons placed in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library in connection with the anniversary of Roosevelt's birthday contains and especially interesting manuscript. This is the rough draft of a letter addressed by Roosevelt to General Shafter, August 4, 1898, urging that the American troops in Cuba be immediately transported North to prevent their destruction by disease. It was written the same day as the famous Round Robin which was signed by Roosevelt and by a number of other officers. The original draft intended apparently to be used...
...interesting manuscript is the rough draft of a letter addressed by Roosevelt to General Shafter August 4th, 1898, urging that the American troops in Cuba be immediately transported North to prevent their destruction by disease. It was written the same day as the famous Round Robin which was signed by Roosevelt and by a number of other officers. The original draft intended apparently to be used as a newspaper interview but afterwards changed over in Mr. Roosevelt's hand to the form of a letter to his commanding officer, is shown in one of the cases. This manuscript, the cartoons...