Word: londoners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Competition between the English and American collegians dates back to the nineteenth century. The first set of games was held in London in 1899. Then, a team headed by J. T. Roche '99 of Harvard and T. R. Fisher '99 of Yale lost to Oxford and Cambridge...
...London, Conn,. June 17--Extremely hot weather once more prevented strenuous workouts on the part of the University crews, while interest is temporarily diverted to the waiters crew which rows Yale on the half-mile course Thursday...
Seven years passed until the teams met again. That meet in 1911 also was in London, and the series was evened with two victories each when the Oxford-Cambridge team...
International Railways of Central America is not a United Fruit subsidiary. It was originally financed from London as, in 1904, U. S. capital did not venture much beyond U. S. borders. Gradual transition from British to U. S. ownership was completed in 1927 when J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp. of Manhattan became financial sponsor. The directorate is now exclusively Manhattan. Though independent, I. R. C. A. nevertheless maintains close relations with United Fruit. Minor Keith is its board chairman. And the two companies have a 33⅓% discount agreement by which United Fruit passengers and freight travel...
...London, last week, the Film Actors Guild denounced U. S. talkies, attributed to them the collapse of the English cinemindustry, the unemployment of hundreds of cinemactors, cinemactresses, an eight million dollar shrinkage in stock valuation...