Word: jims
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wages fall below the dole," roared Clydeside Leader Jim Maxton, "we shall know how to raise wages...
Died. Richard Porter Ashe, 68, lawyer, sportsman, of the family for which Asheville, N. C., was named, nephew of famed Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, first husband of famed Aimee Crocker (now Princess Galitzine), owner of famed Racehorse Geraldine (46 sec. half mile, Chicago, 1891), discoverer of Boxer Jim Corbett, oldtime member of California's Bohemian Club; at San Francisco; of apoplexy...
Whiteside made an excellent impression on those whom he met in the Harvard Athletic Association offices yesterday morning. He claimed that as far as he was concerned there would be no radical changes in the way crew was coached at Harvard and further stated that as a pupil of Jim Ten Eyck's at Syracuse, he did not pin his faith on any one stroke. "The fundamentals are the same everywhere," he said, "and the minor details of style will be altered to fit the men and the occasion...
...Marveled at the silence of female M. P.'s after Minister of Unemployment James Henry ("Privy Seal Jim") Thomas had challengingly declared: "It is against the nation's interests for women to work for what they call 'pin money' and thus deprive other people of their legitimate work and livelihood. . . . Legislation cannot cure this evil. It is a question of moral responsibility...
This appeared perilously near truth. As Minister of Unemployment. "Privy Seal Jim" can point to few achievements. Last week he parried 15 specific questions in the House as to what if anything he is doing to find work for Britain's 1,295,000 unemployed, with the statement: "I am exploring every avenue...