Secret British envoy slips across Canada border in wartime tale
In a Washington Washington era drama a British embassy secretary Guy Hillier attempts to cross the U S Canada border to deliver vital dispatches as Japan nears war. He is challenged by sentries learns the border is a tight security zone and ends up spending a night in Canadian custody before being offered a return crossing and a soldier’s rudimentary hospitality.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Guy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
England
Florida
Hawaii
America
Nippon
Pacific Coast
Siego
Hillier
Montreal
Canada
Hiller
Moses
Red Sea
St. Lawrence
Vancouver
Detroit
Neally
Woman Insurance Official Breaks Ground in Des Moines Firm
Mrs. L. C. Rawson of Des Moines is noted as the only woman in the world serving as an officer of a life insurance company. She recalls entering the field after her son’s death, rising from secretary to vice president of the Des Moines Life Insurance Company, which holds 27 million dollars in policies and operates in 18 states.
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New York
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
L. C. Rawson
Des Moines
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Rawson
Mr. Rawson
Middle West
Query
Phoebe T
Whitestown
Ind
Polite Chinese Children Learn Manners and Greeting
The passage describes very young Chinese children being taught to enter rooms with bowing and to greet others by chin chin a form similar to handshaking. It notes that the bow is deep with the head nearly touching the floor as a sign of respect.
Costly memorial gateway at Lake Mohonk honors Smiley couple
A $75,000 gateway at the Smiley estate at Lake Mohonk memorializes the golden anniversary of Albert K. Smiley and his wife. The structure accompanies the Lake Mohonk peace conferences and the Temple of Peace hotel, with ground broken July 8, 1907.
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New York
Albert K. Smiley
Smiley
Lake Mohonk
Pension certificates issued under 1907 act and totals
Bath Me query asks for 1907 pension certificates. Answer: 120,355 certificates issued under the February 6 1907 act to June 30 1907, and 236,516 certificates issued under all laws for the fiscal year ended June 30 1907.
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Bath
G. A. R. Post
X. X
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Roy Norton
Oxford
Missouri
Woman Insurance Official
Mohonk
Pension Office
Henry O.D
Pension Bureau
Breese
Ill
C. E. Jones
Washington, D. C
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