Word: losses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...schooner, the Gypsum Queen, sank off the Irish Coast during a storm. The crew took to boats, were picked up by a freighter without loss of life. Fifteen years later the owner and captain, Freeman Hatfield of Nova Scotia, bobbed up with the story that the Gypsum Queen had been torpedoed by a German submarine. He claimed indemnity and in 1931 finally got from the Canadian Government $71,276,72. Year later Captain Hatfield abandoned the sea, went to the U. S.. opened a small chicken farm in Candia, N. H. An old seafaring friend of his lived there...
...Edward Applestein. Last week, agreeing with Golfer Combes's contention that the City of New York "created a hazardous condition when it placed the fourth tee and the 18th green too close together," a jury awarded him $10,000 of the city's money for the loss...
Kirkland Hosue's amazing domination of Houses Spring sports almost became complete yesterday afternoon as the Deacons led the field in the inter-Houses Track meet on the Stadium until the final event when Winthrop forged ahead to win by loss than two points...
...loss of large portions of grey and white matter without serious physical impairment has led Dr. Alford to search for a comparatively small "core of intelligence" in the brain. He found it, he told the Association last week, in "a quite small area, lying posteriorly near the base of the brain." In right-handed individuals this core is located in the left half of the brain; in left-handed ones, in the right hemisphere. Said Dr. Alford: "This area is responsible, when injured, for clouding, confusion and dementia. No other part of the brain, when injured, produces similar impairment...
This unoriginal story has the triple virtues of constant great singing, excellent performance by a cast of comparative unknowns and superb photography by Hans Schneeberger (White Hell of Pitz Palu). Tenor Gigli's complete lack of the customary brand of Hollywood pulchritude is no loss. The compassionate dignity of his acting plus the honey of his voice should restore him to his oldtime U. S. popularity...