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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although Herr Kreuger has raised many millions of dollars in foreign countries, none of his expansion program has been attended with any risk of loss of control. Class A shares of Kreuger & Toll, central Kreuger company, must be held by Swedes; Class B shares, permissible to foreigners, carry only one vote per thousand shares...
Dowler ran down the sidelines for one score, Hart threw to Yablock for another in the first period, later they made another for luck. Colgate 21, Indiana 6. After their first touchdown Ohio State held everything to beat Michigan...
...passenger, but because a prospective passenger named Primo Carnera is proportioned like the giants of myth. Passenger Camera, an Italian pugilist, planned his trip to the U. S. as a business venture. He felt that he ought to make money in a country where the biggest man who ever held the heavyweight championship (Jess Willard) was only 6 ft. 6 in. high and weighed but 250 lb.; where a recent contender (Victorio Campolo), called sensationally big. weighed only 225 lb. and was only 6 ft. 6½ in. high. Fighter Camera is 6 ft. 11½ in. high and weighs...
...John Straley of Paulding, Ohio, said to Umpire Clyde Crone what many sandlot players often long to say to umpires. With a quick fist Umpire Crone did what umpires often long to do to fresh players. Straley fell awkwardly, did not get up. Policemen escorted Crone from the field, held him in $5,000 bail for manslaughter. On Oct. 20, 1910, the Chicago Tribune published on its front page, surrounded by a heavy black margin, a brief obituary surmounted by an urn and supported by a wreath. Last week, by request of a Philadelphian, the Tribune published the same obituary...
...Collinsville, Ill., a contest was held on "Homecoming Day" to find the biggest liar in Southern Illinois. A $20 gold piece was awarded one Ernestine Smith, editress of the Columbia (Illinois) Star. The lie: her auto fell into a mudhole, sank in three weeks to Singapore, China...