Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Second: Bishop James Cannon Jr. did not head the delegation but attended as President of the Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South...
...orator he is given to long words, not always correctly used, and Latin legalisms (hence his nickname). He often talks With a mouthful of tobacco which gives him a "hot-potato" enunciation. On the Senate floor he is an almost indefatigable speaker, winning many a point by sheer persistence. Second only to Alabama's Heflin is he as a "darkey story" teller. He is a "regular" Southern Democrat in his votes. In the minority, no famed legislation bears his name. His manner is at times brusque and rough. He is not a keen politician. Impartial observers rate him thus...
Harvey Samuel Firestone, Tire tycoon, figured in two days' headlines as follows: (first day) HARVEY S. FIRESTONE ILL WITH PNEUMONIA; (second day) FIRESTONE BETTER . . . PNEUMONIA AVERTED...
Last week many a U. S. corporation issued earnings figures for the first half of 1929, showed general increases over the corresponding 1928 period. The first half of the year is almost always better than the second because of the July and August "summer slump." But even with this qualification 1929 promised to be a banner year of bumper prosperity. Of special interest among many earnings were...
Arthur Fiedler conceived and accomplished the Esplanade concerts himself. His is a new name to nationwide concertgoers, but his musical lineage is a proud one. He was born 35 years ago in Boston, the son of Boston Symphonist Emmanuel Fiedler, who played second violin in the famed Kneisel Quartet. Fiddler Fiedler named his boy after the late great violinist Artur Nikisch, onetime Boston Symphony conductor. Aged 6, the boy studied violin with his father, piano with his mother. Later he went to Boston Latin School and studied piano with Carl Lamson, longtime accompanist to Fritz Kreisler...