Word: colon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...left New York on Jan. 18. Her engines broke down at Philadelphia. On the way to Norfolk, the crew set fire to the forecastle trying to keep themselves warm. At Havana, the vessel was held for debts. At Kingston (Jamaica), a new firebox had to be installed. At Colon (Canal Zone), the Secretary General of the Association quarreled with the captain and fired him. There also the chief engineer obtained a lien on the vessel for unpaid wages. Also, the chief steward was arrested for shooting a woman there in 1914. On the return journey, the boat collided with...
...Stanley Dollar, put to work in a unique round-the-world one-way service. One sails every fortnight from each of the following ports in circuit: San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseille, Boston, New York, Havana, Colon, Balboa, Los Angeles, San Francisco and around again. They carry about 100 passengers who are permitted stopovers. These globe-girdlers...
...Juliet heard, and Heloise-which tired, tired ladies in upholstered boxes hear again, not daring to open their eyes. Gigli is a friend of Toscanini, who boosted his talents at La Scala, Milan. He has had successes in Spain, Berlin, was once the chief drawing card of the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. This winter, he, in excess of drama, accidentally hurled athletic Soprano Maria Jeritza into the footlights (TIME, Feb. 9)-an unfortunate accident which did not help his popularity. He makes his chief successes in the old, melodious, florid type of Italian opera. When all has been said, cultured...
...same time the basketball management announced the appointment of Dudley Colon, of Chicago, Ill., as manager of the Freshman team. Edward Francis Blettner Jr., of Chicago, Ill., was chosen assistant manager. Both Colon and Blettner prepared at the Nicholas Senn High School, Chicago. The appointments are made after an eight weeks' competition and are subject to the approval of the Athletic Committee. HARVARD MILTON Slocum, Cozzcns r.f. l.g. Hubbard, Vorn Baldwin (capt.,), Pusey l.f. r.g. Hitch Green, McCurdy, Lane c. c. Filoom, Upton Barbee, Oothout r.g. l.g. Vaughan, Ticknor Oothout, Meisenbach, Fordyce l.g. r.f. Valentine (capt.), Filoom...
Richard O. Marsh, Rochester (N. Y.), business man and bold and experienced explorer of Spanish-American wildernesses, was on his way last week from Colon (Canal Zone) to Manhattan with three "blond Indians" whom he persuaded to join him in Darien (Panama...