Word: haling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...railroads last week came another important 1929 shift of executives. Previous noteworthy changes involved the Southern Pacific. They were the retirement of William Sproale as president, succession of Paul Shoup to the presidency, and the resignation of Hale Holden from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to become chairman of Southern Pacific's (New York) executive committee...
...Debated the Cruiser Bill. Senator Hale, sponsor, accepted an amendment by Senator Borah favoring a restatement of the laws governing the conduct of belligerents and neutrals in war at sea, such restatement to be completed, if possible, prior to the Limitation of Armament Conference...
...Shelton Hale Scholarship was won by P. A. Freund, a graduate of Washington University. The Herbert Parker Scholarship was won by W. J. Killion, a graduate of Boston College. The Rutherford B. Hayes Scholarship was won by R. C. Schaefer, a graduate of Oberlin College. The Robert T. Swaine Scholarship was won by R. C. Westgate 26. The Buchanan Scholarship was won by R. H. Guthrie, a graduate of The Citadel. Two Class of 1913 Scholarships were won by F. H. Heiss and W. A. Page, graduates of Southeastern University and Stanford University, respectively...
...principal cruiser-wishers are Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, sponsor of the bill and chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, and Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democrat on the Committee. A large part of the Senate agrees with them that the cruiser is essential for the protection of U. S. commerce, that the Navy's lack of cruisers should be rectified. Extremists in this group, making a fetish of navies, are rankled by British and Japanese cruiser preponderance. They demand a navy equal to any in the world, consider possible wars with England or Japan...
While the stock-market is happy and the motor industry hale, there will be plenty of people who want to go to U. S. prizefights, however wretched they may be. It is not probable therefore that Max Schmeling, if he becomes heavyweight champion, will be expected to defend his title in the back rooms of speakeasies, like John L. Sullivan, or on a barge, like James J. ("Gentleman Jim") Corbett. The other champions,* of whom Tex Rickard made a list before he died, are as well off as ever. But perhaps million-dollar gates are now definitely in the past...