Word: muchness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...secret fund of $250,000. About Freeport the two were known as Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown. Six months of each year Mr. Curtis traveled alone in Europe. Some of the money which he gave her she spent upon a Negro man whose wife threatened court action unless much more money was forthcoming. The triangle crashed and last year Letitia Ernestine Brown sued Mr. Curtis for separation and $250 per week alimony, claiming she was his common-law wife. A Manhattan judge decided their relationship was purely meretricious and illicit, dismissed the suit. Mr. Curtis, declaring his "life was ruined...
...State Legislature for "general incompetence" (TIME, Jan. 28 et ante). Lieut. Gov. William J. Holloway, taking the oath as the new Governor, invoked "the blessings and guidance of Almighty God" to assist him. Citizens of the older States sympathized with his sentiments. The charge of "general incompetence" seemed as much of a commentary on the people he had to govern as upon his daydreaming predecessors. Gov. J. C. ("Jack") Walton was impeached, convicted and removed in 1923. Three of Oklahoma's five other Governors since it entered the union faced legislative charges...
...first time that Buffalo had made much boom-boom over its eminence in the aviation industry. Greater New York City last year produced $9,000,000 worth of flying goods in 16 manufacturing plants. Buffalo, eleventh in U.S. population last year produced $4,911,252 worth.* Detroit, fifth city, produced $3,500,000 worth; Los Angeles, fourth city...
Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Co. (Charles Ward Hall, president), G. Elias & Bro., Inc. (A. J. Elias, president), and Eberhart Aeroplane & Motor Co., Inc. (Cleburne Eberhadt, Jr., president), have produced little so far but are experimenting much...
...Detroit's All-American Aircraft Show will display 107 planes, surpassing Chicago's International Aeronautical Show of last December (TIME, Dec. 17). Manhattan conducted a much smaller show in February (TIME, Feb. 18). Pittsburgh's first exhibition a fortnight ago held 23 planes and five gliders, initiated many a sale and agency. Other important air shows this year are scheduled at Indianapolis and Cleveland. The Gardner Annual Trophy Race at St. Louis also functions as a show...