Word: merchantable
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Died. William Scott Vare, 66, merchant, onetime Congressman from Pennsylvania (1912-27) and later its famed Senator-reject, longtime boss of Philadelphia's Republican machine; of a heart attack; in Atlantic City. Elected to the Senate in 1926, he was refused his seat because of excessive primary expenditures ($785,000). His grip on the Philadelphia machine was broken in last May's primaries...
...Since 1914 total world tonnage has jumped from 45,000,000 to 64,000,000. One-third is owned within the British Empire. Next largest merchant marine belongs to the U. S. with 10,000,000 tons, exclusive of 2,500,000 tons of Great Lake shipping. Japan & Norway follow with 4,000,000 tons, then, Germany with 3,700,000. then France with 3,300,000, then Italy with...
...ships now abuilding, the U. S. ranks ninth with 27,000 tons, just a shade ahead of Spain.* Fortnight ago, there arrived in Manhattan 88 blooded cows, bulls and heifers from the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Said the American Merchant Line: "The demand for space for highclass horses and cattle has returned almost to normal. The owners of breeding farms are buying again, which is always a good sign...
Married. Mrs. Lelia Gordon Dickey, 30, great-granddaughter of Tobacco Merchant Basil Gordon (1768-1847), "Virginia's first millionaire," stepdaughter of the late Major-General George Barnett, Wartime Commandant of the U.S. Marine corps; and Newbold Noyes, 42, son of Frank Brett Noyes, publisher of the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star and president of the Associated Press. Mrs. Noyes was divorced two months ago from Robert Russell Dickey Jr., onetime U.S. consular agent in Pau, France, has four children. Mr. Noyes' first wife has custody of their three sons...
...seats built in front of the Church of San Trovaso, a brilliant audience greeted the pageant and its cast. Umberto, Prince of Piedmont and heir to Italy's throne, gave Producer Reinhardt his congratulations. After four performances the "localization" of The Merchant of Venice, arranged to climax the biennial Venetian art exposition, closed...