Word: americanize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris to visit his veterinarian. Louis Ruhe, famed Manhattan animal importer, sent many a truckload of his wares including bears, warthogs, porcupines. When the Ruhe trucksters unloaded one slatted crate its inmate, a zebra, kicked, crashed its head against the slats, stared wildly, piteously about. The ever-watchful American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at once ordered the animal's release. One booth contained the famed Tail Waggers Club (TIME, Nov. n), which offered a dog ensemble, complete from military brushes to overcoat, to the most popular dog in the show, to be decided by public...
Died. Warwick Greene, 49, president of New England Oil Refining Co. ; at Boston; after an operation. Onetime (1910-1915) Director of Philippine Public Works, he was Director of Rockefeller Foundation War Relief Commission (1916), served in France and Belgium with the American Red Cross commission...
Died. Rear Admiral Henry Ware Lyon. 84, U. S. N. retired; at Washington; of heart disease. Commanding the U. S. S. Dolphin, he took part in more engage- ments, captured more prizes than any other officer in the Spanish-American war. In 1889 as executive officer of the U. S. S. Trenton he was at Apia, Samoa, when possession of the island was contested by Great Britain, Germany, the U. S. When a tidal wave drove ashore the warships of the three countries, he ordered his doomed ship's band to play the "Star-spangled Banner" while lashed...
...help you build an investment program which will expand as your business and income expand. At National City offices in over fifty American cities and in important foreign centers you will find experienced bond men ready to analyze your personal investment needs and make suitable recommendations. They have contact with investment conditions throughout the world, and enjoy an institutional heritage of over 115 years of financial experience...
...similar to this and in the same spirit, Palestine would have been a different country from what it is today." Great in Israel has been Judah Leon Magnes. U. S.-born (San Francisco, 1877), he took his Ph.D. in Germany (Heidelberg). Onetime (1905-08) secretary of the Federation of American Zionists, onetime (1912-20) Leader of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, since 1925 he has been Chancellor of the Hebrew University at Jerusalem...