Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...order element in Honolulu, a leader of which is Walter Francis Dillingham, island-born, polo-playing Harvardman (ex-1902), whose immense wealth comes from sugar & utilities, appointed a new police chief and reorganized the generally inefficient police department. New chief was Charles F. Weeber, formerly of Harrisburg, Pa. Since 1920, when he retired from the Army, Chief Weeber has been Tycoon Dillingham's private secretary...
...Paris Exposition. He may not be the foremost painter in the U. S., but he is certainly the foremost painter of East Hampton, L. I., where he has a fine summer house and a solarium in which he last year offered to wrestle or box with disrespectful commentators. His wealth, position and appearance well qualified Painter Hassam to be the first subject of a series of short one or two reel cinemas, made and released by Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art, to preserve for history the technique, idiosyncrasies and recreational habits of leading U. S. artists...
...that all this anti-war talk is the bunk, do you think they are going to grow sweeter and more tractable? Not much, And then how long do you think it will be before we are all engaged in the time-honored pastime of using up all our wealth, both human and material, in a nasty fight? No long. I should venture to predict...
Luton and Cooke, who will play against Princeton Saturday night at the Common wealth Armory, each had his handicap raised one point, the former from one to two, and the latter from two to three. Dillingham's handicap was also raised from two to three, but he has been recovering from illness and may not be able to play Saturday...
...subtle urge; there is something fine, something of the patriotic command in them. But the statement which somehow has the most appeal is found hidden away on page seven of this section. In its modest little way it says, "In every period of depression a substantial redistribution of wealth occurs. History will repeat itself this time. It is already in operation in Westchester...