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Once, for a pal in the R. A. F., Shaw filled in this personal report: "Favorite color: scarlet. Favorite dish: bread & water. Favorite musician: Mozart. Favorite author: Wm. Morris. Favorite character in history: Nil. Favorite place: London. Greatest pleasure: sleep. Greatest pain: noise. Greatest fear: animal spirits. Greatest wish: to be forgotten of my friends...
...competition from the French Line, the North German Lloyd-Hamburg-American combination, U. S. Lines and to a lesser extent from Il Duce's Italia Line. Though Tsar Emil Lederer of the Transatlantic Passenger Conference keeps fares equalized for all, the fight for traffic is hot, the profits nil. Only big British shipping concern to escape the woes of the North Atlantic dogfight is the late great Lord Inchcape's mighty Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. World's largest steamship company, P. & O. operates almost two million tons of shipping, chiefly over the Empire route to India...
...campaign in which America succeeded beyond its farthest hopes in Making Every Vote Count. With a supreme gesture of condescension the Republican "Herald" comments editorially: "To vote for Thomas on November 8 is merely to make a gesture of futility. . . The practical effect will be equally nil, whether he gets as few votes as in 1928, or a million or two." Such arguments are common. The shabby logic on which they are based must he apparent even to the intelligent conservative, Republican or Democratic...
...State liquor monopoly and keep the business out of private hands for private profit. Likewise the Federal Government would reserve the power to police Dry States and control interstate liquor shipments. Under such an amendment the Federal Government's power to regulate would be large, to prohibit nil...
Martin John Instill, 62, brother of Samuel Ins nil, 72, resigned as president of Middle West Utilities, notified the receivers that he would be subject to their call for assistance at any time. Charles Alexander McCulloch, co-receiver, resigned as chairman of John R. Thompson Co. (chain cafeterias) to devote more time to Middle West...