Word: v
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President sent a cablegram to His Britannic Majesty George V, on the occasion of the King-Emperor's 62nd birthday...
...case of the State of Illinois v. Len Small, et al., began in 1921, was based on acts committed by the Governor in 1917, at which time he was state treasurer. As treasurer he deposited some millions of dollars of Illinois money in a bank controlled by one of his friends, the late State Senator E. C. Curtis. The bank paid Illinois 2% interest and lent the money to Chicago packing houses at 8% interest rate. Enemies of Mr. Small maintained that he, as well as the bank, profited on this transaction. In fact, Representative Miller in the oration previously...
...French correspondent cabled on Derby Day one of those small, revealing anecdotes of His Majesty George V which British newsgatherers have not the humor to appreciate...
...Capt. Ugo V. d'Annunzio (son of the poet) is President of Isotta Motors, Inc. of Manhattan, the U. S. agency for Isotta-Fraschini automobiles ($15,000 and upward). He, well acclimatized, is an exponent of the U. S. take-a-cake-of-yeast habit...
...Raymond v. Tilden. "Lean Bill's" first real test came when he met Louis Raymond, youthful champion of South Africa. Someone "spread a report" that Raymond had a sore foot, that the referee had agreed to postpone the match, but that Tilden had refused. So the crowd cheered loudly when Raymond slashed to victory in the first set and threatened again in the third. Tilden was criticizing the linesmen's decisions, barking brusque commands at the ball boys, playing magnificent tennis. Tilden won three sets & match...