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Died. Douglas Haig, 66, first Earl Haig, 20th Laird of Bemerside, Com- mander-in-chief of the British armies in the War; in London; of heart failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...defeat of the British squadron on Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. His distinguished brother performed an even greater act when on July 7, 1853, Matthew Calbraith Perry entered in his flagship, the Mississippi, Kurihama in the Bay of Yeddo in Japan, opening that great nation to western com merce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 16, 1928 | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

Hudson 1325. Studebaker Com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: National Show | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

...smoke out the Welshman they have flayed him for pursuing a com mon practice: that of allegedly accepting party contributions from commoners who were raised to the peerage during his term as Prime Minister (1916-22). Because this charge has been shrewdly ignored by Mr. George, a new one was started recently. By word of mouth it was alleged that his private purse has been swollen from his secret party fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Cowardly Slander | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...pleasant; the Rieti clever, inconsequential; the Ferroud noisy, tiresome as the crowds he pictured; the compound undistinguished. Applause, highly in order at the season's first con certs, was given lavishly to Conductor Mengelberg in exchange for his stuffy little bows and to the superb orchestra which he com mands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Philharmonic Opening | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

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