Word: barre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. George Barr McCutcheon, 62, famed romancer, author of the Graustark saga; of heart disease; at luncheon with his friends in Manhattan...
McKinlock Hall: Robert Perkins Post, chairman; James Barr Ames, treasurer...
...first trans-Atlantic race since 1905 when the Atlantic, skippered by Capt. Charles Barr, won the Kaiser's Cup by crossing from Sandy Hook to England in 12 days, 4 hrs. 1 min., 19 sec. This year, this same Atlantic, repainted many times and retrimmed, has as skipper the direct descendant of two U. S. Presidents - Charles Francis Adams, 62, brother of the late historian Henry Adams. Skipper Adams, yachtsmen agree, is the canniest amateur salt alive. He sailed the Resolute in the last defense of the America's Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock...
...Elena, a newer and smaller ship, was a slight favorite to win the race to Spain. She was skippered by a professional, John Barr, nephew of the great Capt. Charles...
Reconciled. James Alexander ("Jim") Tully, onetime boisterous tramp, later a prizefighter, most recently a writer (Jarnegan, Circus Parade); and Mrs. Margaret Myers Tully. After a separation of five days they were reunited, due to the efforts of Cynic H. L. Mencken, Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey, Novelist Rupert Hughes...