Word: sons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Son of the 21st U. S. President...
...foreign plants, that these plants were made to supply cars to the countries in which they were located. He saw no danger of a foreign car invasion. Next came R. I. Roberge, Ford export manager. A peculiar aspect of the Roberge testimony was his insistence that he spoke for Son Edsel Ford, did not know what Father Henry Ford thought about auto tariffs. Asked why Henry Ford had not appeared, Mr. Roberge suprisingly replied that Henry Ford had received no invitation. After these qualifications, Mr. Roberge announced that Edsel Ford was willing to have automobiles on the free list...
...father, James A. Macauley, was born in Ireland, came to this country at the age of 12, later fought in the Civil War where he lost an arm in battle and spent nine months in Confederate prisons. The elder Macauley was West Virginia's first Secretary of State. The son went to Lehigh University, took a law degree at George Washington University, became (1895) patent attorney for National Cash Register...
...wanted a rest (he is almost 60). "I've never even been in Europe," he said. "I've never played at all, never had a chance to do anything but work." He was asked about a reported remark to the effect that if he had a son he would keep him out of the market with a ten-foot pole and another observation that most brokers were just "broke." He said that he meant the grain, not the stock market. In the grain market all the cards were against you. It was just a selling market. Railroads, he observed, were...
...Eastern Yacht Club championship, at Marblehead, Mass. Charles Francis Adams Jr. sailed the famed sloop Vamtie, now owned by Gerald 13. Lambert ("Listerine"), in her 100th race against E. W. Clark's Resolute, her oldtime rival as defender of America's cup. Charles Francis Adams Jr., able son of an able father, won. Score of the 100 races: Vanitie, 55; Resolute, 45. Last week's Vanitie-Resolute course: 41 miles from Kittery to Marblehead. Oldster Team. England last week chose four oldsters, one youngster for the null man Cup team which will play...