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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Heading the committee is inquisitive Senator Reed, Democrat from Missouri; the other Democrat on the committee is Senator King of Utah, one of the least silent men in the upper house. Young Senator LaFollette, Progressive Republican from Wisconsin, not inclined to be forward, has yet shown in the Tariff Commission investigation that he is not the type to sit back dumbly during cross-examining. The Republican side of the committee has Senator Goff of West Virginia, a so-called hard-boiled Republican of the genus bred in West Virgina, and Senator McNary of Oregon, known in the Senate...
...descendants of Georg von Giesche have operated in Upper Silesia, gathering into their Bergwerke Georg von Giesche Gesellschaft Erben (Estate) zinc mines (the largest in Europe), bituminous coal fields (present production 3,500,000 tons yearly), lead mines, concentrating plants, smelting works, melting furnaces, rolling mills, agricultural lands, 20,000 employes. The ancestor in 1704 willed that no other than his lineal descendants might own stock in his Estate. But War and aftermath have impoverished these descendants. They had to appeal to the Anaconda Copper Co. and to William Averell Harriman (who has spent much time in Europe since...
...Freshman and Second crew races will be held down stream over the upper part of the four mile course, starting at 9.45 o'clock on the morning of the main event. Observation trains will leave New London at 9.15 o'clock. Tickets on these trains will be $2 and will not be redeemable although reservations for the University race may be cancelled until June...
...University crew paddled three miles upstream and practiced a number of racing starts. There were no changes in its line up. The University Seconds went down stream, got a racing start, and rowed up-stream over the upper two-mile course...
...observation train seats for the University race has been set at $5. Due to the limited accommodations which has caused a shortage of tickets in recent years, those applying for one place will be given preference. The Freshman and Second crew races will be held down stream over the upper part of the four mile course starting at 9.45 o'clock on the morning of the main even. Observation trains will leave New London at 9.15 o'clock. Tickets on these trains will be $2 and will not be redeemable, although reservations for the University race may be cancelled until...