Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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History appears to be repeating itself in the cotton market. The price dropped so far day before yesterday that Secretary Wallace and Chester Davis, A.A.A. Administrator, hurried to give out reassuring statements that the Government will "do something about...
Only one incident of interest has been recorded concerning the comparatively peaceful war career of the "Harvard," and even that does not add much glory to the proud name. On one of its reconnoitering cruises, its commander, Captain Cotton, sighted a large man-of-war off the coast of Santiago. On proceeding nearer, he made out what he took to be the Spanish flag, and turning about without wasting time for verifying this impression, steamed away at full speed for Guantanamo. The "Spaniard" also altered his course for Guantanamo, and Captain Cotton had the premonition that he was being chased...
...hours later, when the "enemy" steamed peacefully into harbor, the similarity between the Spanish and Austrian flags was made evident to the "Harvard's" master, and several other naval commanders, no doubt one of them the captain of the good ship "Yale," took great pains to inform Captain Cotton that Austria was neutral...
...reply to a query about the Japanese in Abyssinia, it was stated that they have a large concession on cotton growing...
...next seventeen nominees were ranked as follows: Robert Sullivan, John H. Gardiner, George F. Roberts, Frank Keppel, Richard O. Ulin, John L. Dampeer, Cortney C. Smith, Peter T. Brooks, William Batt, William J. Clothier, Sherman P. Cotton, Henry R. Ames, Albert Stickney, Jr., Herbert L. Furse, Peter P. Hale, Aaron J. Himelhoch, and Dario C. Berizzi...