Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third hospital campaign currently going on in Manhattan is for $5,000,000 for the New York Skin & Cancer Hospital, oldest of its kind in the U. S. Money collector is the Fiscal Service Corp., the professional group of appeal-makers which obtained for Amelia Earhart her money to fly across the Atlantic with Wilmer Stultz last year...
...Russo-Japanese war. Thrice Minister of War, he was a valued member of the Supreme War Council when he died. Released from the Army for the State in 1925 by special edict of the late Emperor Yoshihito, General Tanaka devoted himself to the then important Seiyukai (Conservative) Party -reputedly oldest in Japan. He soon became its sagacious leader and led it to power once more as Prime Minister...
...bituminous (soft) coal, and Welsh anthracite have proven sturdy competitors to U. S. anthracite. Perhaps to find strength in union, the Glen Alden Coal Co. (W. W. Inglis, president) last week announced plans to purchase the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. (Charles F. Huber, president). Two of the oldest and largest of anthracite companies, their combined annual production will be over 13,000,000 tons, greatest of any unit in the industry...
...Color. U. S. names are rare in the dye trade. One of the oldest U. S. manufacturers of dry color (dye precipitate powdered and used for paint, printers' ink. rubber coatings) is Ansbacher Corp., formed in 1857. Powerful competitor is G. Siegle Corp. of America, segregated from G. Siegle Corp. of Germany during the War. Last week the two firms merged to form Ansbacher-Siegle Corp...
Samuel C. Hildreth, 63, oldest U. S. race horse trainer, longtime handler of Harry Ford Sinclair's Rancocas stables (Zev), owner of Strombolt Farm (Trenton, N. J.), entered a Manhattan hospital for observation and intestinal operation...