Word: london
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...demotion of her Captain, Kenneth G. B. Dewar, and her Commander Henry M. Daniel, because they had rebuked their superior Admiral, contrary to the rules of discipline, for using "vile and insulting language." Commander Daniel capitalized his notoriety by becoming a highly paid feature writer for the London Daily Mail. Captain Dewar, no capitalizer, suffered his demotion silently until last week, when he was promoted to be captain of the battle cruiser Tiger, Public sympathy and the potency of the press are responsible for Captain Dewar's vindication, and it is even rumored that he will shortly be advanced...
...have big families was fashionable in England, as in the U. S., before the War. Thereafter women learned a new freedom and men tolerated contraceptives. England's birth rate declined. Recently the English birth rate has been increasing. Dr. George F. Buchan, medical officer of London, sought explanation. It lies with the women, he last week decided: "Every woman, every real woman, and there are more of the latter than the average person thinks, is desirous of having babies. . . . Present indications are that we are starting on another big family cycle...
Panorama says, in its masthead, that it is "founded on a belief in the United States of America, its flag and its institutions." But, also, Panorama admits a desire to emulate The Illustrated London News and similar European publications. It was difficult to discover what class of scatter-brained women Panorama was intended primarily to interest. The first issue contained an able and informative article on Arthur Brisbane by John K. Winkler (biographer of Hearst). On the next page was a remarkable photograph of a giant tortoise. Fannie Brice told her "own story" and some Indians were observed worshipping...
Died. Sir Henry Alexander Wickham, 82, English rubber pioneer; in London. In 1876 Sir Henry smuggled 70,000 jealously guarded rubber seeds out of Brazil as "rare and delicate botanical specimens for Kew Gardens." In 30 years these seeds have produced 80,000,000 rubber trees in Ceylon and Malaya...
...Authors. Since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1884 Charles Evans Hughes has been, successively, able attorney, Governor of New York, justice of the Supreme Court, republican candidate for the presidency, Secretary of State. Another of his distinguished titles is "Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple" (London...