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...White House President Hoover was lunching with Secretary of State Stimson. Chief Usher Irwin Hood ("Ike") Hoover tiptoed into the dining room. Into the President's ear he whispered the news: "Mr. Coolidge has just died of heart failure." After a stunned moment, the President pushed back his chair, laid down his napkin, strode to his office. There he hastily dispatched a special message to Congress, issued a proclamation for 30 days of public mourning. Within five minutes, down to half-staff came the White House flag. Down came the flags of Washington, of the nation...
Sirs: This letter is not for publication but I do want to take exception, as a reader and subscriber, to the following statement in TIME of Dec. 5, p. 19: "'The Governor of New York!' cried Chief Usher Irwin Hood Hoover, as President-elect Roosevelt hobbled out of the White House elevator...
...Beginnings of the British Empire." Assistant Professor Usher, Widener...
...Room. Leighton will introduce the entertainer of honor, and then, upon a platform which has been erected under his own supervision, Professor Copeland will read. The 1936 Union Committee, which includes Braman Gibbs, chairman, S. R. Callaway, Davies Gratwick, Shaun Kelley, N. P. LeTarte and R. M. Terrall, will usher at the reading, opening the doors at 7.20 o'clock. The first 250 men may gain admission...
...Spanish colonial system," Professor Usher, Widener...