Word: cranes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...results of the matches played yesterday on the Jarvis Courts follow: Parke Cummings '25 defeated H. C. Davidson '26, 6-1, 6-1; G. D. Debevoise '26 defeated T. B. Crane '25, 6-2, 6-2; E. F. Craig '25 defeated S. F. Collier '26 6-0, 1-6, 6-4; G. L. Clarke '27 won from J. G. Cohen '24 by default; F. I. Carpenter Jr. '24 defeated N. Y. Chang 2G. B., 6-3, 6-2; Philip Boone '26 defeated W. C. Boyd '26, 6-0, 6-2; R. C. Bostwick 4E., defeated R. H. Booth...
Charles Richard Crane once manufactured valves and plumbing fixtures in Chicago. He felt an interest in foreign lands, however, and campaigned for Mr. Taft in 1908. When Mr. Taft was elected, he was appointed Minister to Japan. He never got there. Secretary Knox accused him of " indiscretions " in interviews with the press, and Mr. Taft requested his resignation before he sailed. In 1912 Mr. Crane campaigned vigorously for Woodrow Wilson. After that he served on the Root mission to Russia, and on missions to the Near East. In 1920 he was made Minister to China, and served until President Harding...
Constantinople is supposed to view this with suspicion, perhaps inspired by Frenchmen who object to Turks with American minds. The Turkish Relief Commission views with delight Turkish gratitude for Mr. Crane's plan, and expects Professor John Dewey of Columbia to go to Turkey as Mr. Crane's personal representative at Mr. Crane's expense. Professor Dewey professes to view with incredulity any such development...
...Gallery Association, which runs the unique new galleries at the Grand Central Terminal, New York (TIME, March 24), drew lots in June for the order in which they should choose the works of art to which they are entitled. Thirty of them have now made their selections. Richard T. Crane, Jr., Chicago millionaire, led the field, and, with his pick of 114 intriguing oils and bronzes, carried off John Singer Sargent's contribution, Artist Sketching, a small self-portrait in a milieu of forest, valued at $5,000. The Sargent is inconspicuous, but the old masterful brushwork, heritage from Hals...
Anathemata are to him: "Pish Posh!" he labels in a Rage The writings of that Worthy Sage, That Man of Superhuman Brain, The Syndicated Doctor Crane, And loudly voices his Dislike For the Reverend Doctor H. van Dyke...