THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Apr. 7, 1924

The White House Week

¶ The President set aside 7,100 acres in Emery County, Utah, as "Helium Reserve No. 1," for the purpose of preserving the gas for the nation's lighter than-air craft.

¶President Coolidge nominated Professor Alfred J. Pearson (modern languages) of Drake University, la., to be the Minister to Poland succeeding Hugh Gibson.

¶Asa M. Wallace, editor of The Herald of Sauk Center, Minn., the town which furnished the original for Gopher Prairie in Sinclair Lewis' novel, Main Street, called on Mr. Coolidge. Speaking to reporters, Editor Wallace said: "Main...

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