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...where his father doted on the smelt-fishing. At twelve he was racing his own little boats and, soon after, sailing with Capt. Crocker on the sloop Shadow. Then came his string of "oo" boats-Papoose (1887), Babboon (35-footer), Gossoon (40-footer) in which he beat Capt. Charles Barr in the Scotch cutter Minerva; Harpoon (1892) in which he won the Goelet Cup at Newport; and the Rooster and Crooner. He is a stern skipper; his own son calls him "Mister Adams" on shipboard...
...Vice-President Edmund Austin Mays Jr. 207 Charles Dana Draper Jr. 106 Richard Norman Clark Jr. 86 Ernest Carleton Nickerson 54 Francis Pitman Bicknell 51 Joseph Rawson Collins 50 Everett Augustus Grant 39 Walter Archer Beyer 20 For Secretary-Treasurer Norwood Penrose Hallowell Jr. 260 Crispin Cooke 133 James Barr Ames 123 Mark Woodbury...
...James Barr Ames, of Wayland...
...announced five additions to the list of nominees. Petitions have been received nominating for the vice-presidency Everett Augustus Grant '32, of Aliston, Richard Norman Clark Jr. '32 of Atlanta, Georgia, and Walter Archer Beyer '32 of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Mark Woodbury '32, of New York and James Barr Ames '32 of Wayland were nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer...
There is much eagerness among Mr. Hoover's "assistants" for appointment as Secretary to the President. The main aspirants are George Akerson, Lawrence Richey, George Barr Baker. If the House agrees to the Senate's increase, Mr. Hoover will be able to care for all three-Akerson as alter ego; Baker as White House Spokesman; Richey as factfinder...