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...give the statistics myself," snapped Mr. Ford. "The boys come first. . . . What did you say, Geoffrey?" Fair visitors found all last year's good non-commercial exhibits repeated, some new ones added. Among the new commercials were John R. Thompson Co. (restaurants), with a big pier into the Lagoon on which there was free dancing; Standard Oil, with a big free animal show; Swift & Co., which had hired the Chicago Symphony to play every day for ten weeks. One of the difficulties about Fair-going last year was that a visitor had to do his long-distance tramping with...
...pier Ramon Grau walked into a cheering, raving mob. His automobile inched slowly along, finally collapsed in the crush of admirers climbing upon it. At his home he walked out on the balcony to speak but the great, warm roar of the mob drowned out his words. He went back inside, stood uncertainly for a moment listening. Then he keeled over in a faint...
Captain John W. Binks is a florid, stocky oldster who has commanded White Star boats for ten years and became master of the Olympic in 1932 with a long clear record behind him. When the liner sidled up to a Manhattan pier last week with a few scratches on her huge prow, he was too tired and confused to give a rational explanation of his first tragedy...
Twelve months ago S. S. Leviathan, only giant express liner flying the U. S. flag, was laid up at a Hoboken, N. J. pier as too unprofitable to operate. While her historic hulk grew dingier against a dingy background, U. S. Lines which bought her from the Shipping Board in 1929 tried to persuade the Government to take her back. Their arguments: 1) There were already more big ships on the North Atlantic run than the traffic warranted; 2) the Leviathan had been losing an average of $75,000 on each round trip before she was decommissioned; 3) this operating...
...following is the complete tabulation of the votes with the stars indicating those elected: Class of 1935 *Herman Gundlach, Jr. 169 *E. Francis Bowditch 166 *Thomas Harrison Hunter 141 *Thomas Ferguson Locke 124 *Arthur Stanwood Pier...