Word: rushworth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. John Rushworth ("Hell Fire Jack") Jellicoe,first Earl Jellicoe, Viscount Brocas of Southampton, Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, 75, Britain's Wartime Commander of the Grand Fleet, "Hero of Jutland"; of a chill caught at Armistice Day ceremonies; in London. Admiral-of-the-Fleet Jellicoe was told in 1914 that he alone had the power to "lose the War in an afternoon." The afternoon when the overpowering British Grand Fleet met the crack German High Seas Fleet in the Skagerrak entrance to the Baltic Sea proved to be May 31, 1916. To 19 years of accusations that he bungled...
...Brand Whitlock, 62, onetime U. S. Ambassador to Belgium, in Brussels, of pleurisy; Charles A. Penn, 62, vice president of American Tobacco Co., in Manhattan, of a gall bladder complication contracted at Reidsville, N. C., whence he was removed in a private car with two specialists and nurses; John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe, 71, commander of the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, of bronchitis; Cinemactress Patsy Ruth Miller, 26, in Hollywood, of an intestinal disorder contracted in Tahiti; Arthur Hammer" stein, 55, theatrical producer, in Manhattan, of a bladder ailment...
...John Rushworth Jellicoe, 70, Earl Jellicoe, Viscount Brocas of Southampton, Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, commander of the British Grand Fleet (1914-16), later first sea lord, Admiral of the Fleet and governor-general of New Zealand (1920-24), demanded to know why the thousands of British workers who sit idle receiving the unemployment dole should not be made to work for this money building battleships. "Treaties do not of themselves always give security and safety," he cried. "In the view of one who has been responsible for Great Britain's security in critical days, that security is gone...
Queen Mary Of England visited "The Anchor," London model saloon operated by Rev. Basil Jellicoe (TIME, Oct. 28), cousin of Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (Battle of Jutland hero). The barman showed her how to draw a clear brew, demonstrated the beer pump. Emerging, said she: "I think it is a splendid place. It is so cozy and homely. I enjoyed myself tremendously...