Word: six
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Northampton, first of its name in the U. S. Navy, and the Houston, second of its name, are the sixth and seventh of eight light cruisers authorized in 1924, laid down in 1928. Six hundred feet long, 65 feet broad, displacing 10,000 tons, they carry nine 8-inch guns, three to a turret. Each ship will be manned by 597 officers...
...prohibition law. Results: Heflin Jr. received a visit from the pastor of St. Paul's' Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbus, Ga., the Rev. Marvin H. Heflin, brother of James Thomas ("Tom Tom") Heflin Senior. It was junior Heflin's third conspicuous episode of the kind in six months (TIME, 2 refs. July 1). Released on bond, he said he was "worried over his rundown physique...
...three daughters and a son who returned to their Cleveland school last week after summering near Pontiac, Mich. Summering in Russia, Mr. Bryant has been in consultation with Soviet engineers who calculated that the new $50,000,000 city could not possibly be built in less than four years. Six bids from European concerns were made on that basis. Then said Austin's Bryant: "We can do it within 15 months." Replied the responsible Soviet official, according to despatches, "The contract is yours. You will receive a large bonus if you complete the work in less than 15 months...
...Inasmuch as a certified check has always been considered the closest possible relative to actual coin of the realm, the certification of these drafts was a matter of no small moment. But the Chase cashier did not hesitate, for only the day before the Chase bank had received from six other Manhattan banks instructions to hold for the Bank of Telluride credits amounting to $500,000. The six Manhattan banks, in turn, had received wires from their six Denver correspondents asking them to put the $500,000 to the Bank of Telluride's credit. So, since the Bank of Telluride...
...routine matter appeared this transaction until the six Manhattan banks advised their six Denver correspondents that their telegraphed orders had been executed. Promptly the six Denver correspondents informed the six Manhattan banks that they had sent no such telegrams, had ordered no credits for the Bank of Telluride...