Word: franklin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other preoccupation is mechanics. In his late 'teens he acquired a Franklin air cooled automobile which soon became his passion. Cheerfully greasy he dismembered it and screwed it together again. Of late years aviation caught his mechanical mind's eye and he learned flying, planning to commute by air between Newport and Manhattan. The war machinery of ships engrossed him in 1917-18 when he progressed from U. S. ensign to lieutenant and served actively in foreign waters. He loaned to the government for the war his Winchester, fastest large yacht (about 35 miles per hour) yet designed to carry...
...George. Georgia Congressmen announced last week that they favored "George of Georgia" for the Democratic nomination. Their action followed the issuance by "George of Georgia" (U. S. Senator Walter Franklin George) of the following statement...
Aged 50, lawyer and judge, no Southern demagog, respected by his colleagues, no less obscure nationally than was Senator Harding in 1920, no more an "innovation" than any other "favorite son" candidate, Walter Franklin George of Georgia will help Southern Democrats mark time. Whether or not they profit by the experiment, he will profit by the experience...
...Franklin 2790. Packard...
Kermit Roosevelt and John M. Franklin, with no pomp but little circumstance, began the rate war. They are respectively the sons of the late President Roosevelt and President Philip Albright Small Franklin of the International Mercantile Marine; and respectively they are the president and vice president of the Roosevelt Line, which operates U. S. Shipping Board vessels between India and U. S. ports on the North Atlantic...