Word: america
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF AMERICA...
Petroleum Corp. Outstanding among recent Investment Trusts is Petroleum Corp. of America, the long-rumored oil securities company last week formally announced by Blair & Co. Petroleum Corp. offered 3,250,000 shares at $34, a total capitalization of $110,500,000. Prominent among its executives are Director Arthur W. Cutten and Board Chairman Elisha Walker, first partner of Blair & Co. (TIME, Dec. 10). Other famed directors are Halstead G. Freeman, president of Chase Securities, Charles Hayden, of Hayden, Stone & Co., E. F. Hutton, chairman of Postum Co., Inc. President is John H. Markham, Jr., head of the Exchange Bank...
More than 350 miles northward was the America, 21,000-ton steamship of the U. S. Lines, bound for Manhattan. Capt. George Fried, commanding, turned to the rescue. The America's radio compass (a Kolster) contradicted the reports of position sent by Capt. Favaloro, but Capt. Fried followed his compass. All night long he sailed against tumultuous waters. During that night the bridge of the Florida, with all navigating books and instruments, went overboard. Capt. Favaloro managed to keep a sextant. In the morning he took his bearings, radioed them to Capt. Fried. The master of the America calculated them...
...stood off 50 feet, imperiled by wash from the listing vessel, and took off 32 men, with Capt. Favaloro last. Some of the men had prepared knives and poison to commit suicide. They were starved, half-naked, half-crazy. Capt. Fried and Officer Manning got them all aboard the America, landed them in Manhattan...
...back the "Utowana" will stop at Tela, Honduras, where the expedition will visit the snake farm maintained by Harvard, the Antivenim Institute of America, and the United Fruit Company. From there he will go to Cuba to the Harvard Biological Laboratory and Botanical Garden at Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba...