Word: frankau
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this request even the most friendly could not respond, for while the letter was on its way, the choleric, anti-U.S. weekly Britannia (TIME, Nov. 5) had failed under the extravagant editorship of Novelist Gilbert ("Swankau") Frankau and was about to lose its identity in a merger with England's popular Eve, according to statements issued by wealthy, wiry William Harrison, owner of both publications and some 25 other periodicals...
...York's Hotel Ambassador, last fortnight, nervous and be-spatted Publisher Harrison refused to discuss onetime Editor Frankau. He also refused to discuss the purpose of his visit to the U.S., beyond the usual foreigner's phrase: "I am studying America." But, in alternately low-voiced and explosive sentences, he was ready to speak of his fondness for golf; his many publications (including Tatler, Sketch, and Daily Chronicle); his 25 paper mills in England, Scotland, Germany; and his 1,500,000 acres of esparto grass in northern Africa...
...assininity which Gilbert Frankau brought to Britannia was pointed out (TIME, November 5) when he made his initial statement as the founder...
Governing Director: Gilbert Frankau...
...matter of fact Gilbert ("Swankau") Frankau edited Britannia with the assistance of Mr. Price; but apparently his swanky little soul rejoiced in the title of GOVERNING DIRECTOR...