Word: pub
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...looks down from 20 stories into New York Harbor. The work done there consists chiefly in administering the billion-dollar Rockefeller fortune. Rev. Basil Jellicoe, cousin of Earl Jellicoe (John Rushworth) (Commander of the British grand fleet during the War), applied for a license to open in London a "pub" (public house) called "The Anchor."* "I hope to operate it to show how public houses can and should be run. I think we should make a profession of the publican - a great, an honorable profession. For that reason I think a publican college should be started where candidates would...
...found aligned with the House of Morgan and the power companies. Now 71, he has been an active lawyer for more than 50 years, possessor of a large fortune (one copper consolidation which he effected brought $775,000 in lawyer fees). A persistent advocate of public control of pub lic utilities he has long fought on New York City's side of its subway fight and in 1926 he was Alfred Emanuel Smith's ad viser in blocking a private Power deal very similar to the one now effected by the House of Morgan. At present he is investigating...
...York American. The agreement came thus: To Publisher Hearst, as is generally known, the American is more of a political pride than a profitable joy. Sometimes it makes money; more times it does not. Not long ago, with this fact in mind, Publisher Hearst cast his eye about, saw Pub lisher Block making money as a com petitor in Pittsburgh (TIME, Aug. 13); saw him conducting also a large, selfsupporting business in selling space for news papers not owned by him in cities far from where they are published. Publisher Hearst remarked that he would like to be interested...
...Ugly Duchess THE UGLY DUCHESS?Lion Feuchtwanger (translated by Willa & Edwin Muir)?Viking (Pub...
...statement. He caused the statement to be published at the top of the space daily allotted to "It Seems To Me" by Heywood Broun. The statement was headed REGARDING MR. BROUN. it ended: THE World THEREUPON EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OP FINAL DE CISION AS TO WHAT IT WILL PUB LISH IN ITS COLUMNS OMITTED ALL ARTICLES BY MR. BROUN. (Signed) RALPH PULITZER.- Editor the World