Word: southampton
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fifths of the world's monetary gold, attention riveted upon the strange aquatic behavior of Governor Montagu Collett Norman of the Bank of England. Mr. Norman (with his valet) and the Bank of England's recently acquired U. S. Economist Oliver Sprague (with his valet) boarded at Southampton the S. S. Bremen bound for New York. Already aboard was Governor George L. Harrison of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, fresh from a swing around Europe which included conferences with Governor Clement Moret of the Bank of France in Paris and with President of the Reichsbank Hans...
...Whitey Peterson of Bristol, R. I. Landlubber Peterson fought the sea like a personal enemy, took the longest stretches at the wheel. Weak from lack of sleep and living on canned goods and apples, the eight adventurers and their bosses could hardly stand by the time they made Southampton. Said Sir Thomas when he heard the story, "Why, I'm surprised. Nobody told me. The trip was so fast I thought it must have been a good...
...Movable Property. 7,500,000,000 Government & Local Property. 4,500,000,000 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $124,725,000,000 Less Property Owned by Foreigners 2,500,000,000 "Total Gross Wealth". . $122,225,000,000 Less Debt Charges. . . . . . . . . 32,000,000,000 "Total Net Wealth" . . . . . . . . $92,225,000,000 *At Southampton last week as he sailed for Manhattan on the Aquitania, Mr. Young was not even asked by correspondents whether he had been in Paris. To their other eager questions he replied: "If I should start talking about moratoriums, gold and other interesting questions, as you ask, I would...
...fight German, French, Dutch competition in the North Atlantic. Whether this "gentleman's agreement" would grow into something considerably stronger, they refused to prophesy. Immediate results: next week only one ship of the six "rationalized" lines will leave Liverpool for the U. S., only two will sail from Southampton, only one from Glasgow. Four British ships per week will leave the Port of New York, instead of the twelve that sail in the height of the summer season, the seven which sailed last week...
King Alfonso of Spain lately went to Southampton, England, on a train whose chef, steward and pantryboy all were named King. Hearing that King George would be at the horse-racing at Sandown, Isle of Wight, the Kings (chef, steward and pantryboy) put purses on a horse named Cherry King. Cherry King came in first, paid...