Word: weeks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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London papers carried a business announcement last week of the formation of a new corporation, to be known as R. C. Sherriff Ltd. "to acquire the copyright of all and any existing and future literary, dramatic, and artistic works of R. C. Sherriff and to carry on the business of publishers and booksellers." Capital: $5,000. Directors: R. C. Sherriff, Mrs. Sherriff, E. Tudor Mash...
Gilbert, Robert or Oswald-Oswald, Robert or Gilbert? For months political observers have played a counting-out game with these names trying to guess who was to succeed Sir Esme Howard as British Ambassador to Washington. Last week came abrupt word from London that neither Oswald, Robert or Gilbert, but Ronald is It. Sir Oswald Mosley, famed Socialist baronet, remained Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Robert Vansittart, secretary to Prime Minister MacDonald and favorite of the counters-out, was appointed Head of the Foreign Office as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Professor Gilbert Murray, violent...
...newspapers commented last week...
...Learned from newspapers of the Labor Government's most important act of the week: notification to the German Government by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden that he will not return to the Reich a surplus of $60,000,000 left over from the liquidation of German property seized in Britain during...
...Lady Astor, famed for Parliamentary courage, canceled an engagement to fly with 100 members of both Houses of Parliament last week in Britain's new passenger dirigible R-101. Into the Noble Lady's breach stepped Labor's Miss "Wee Ellen" Wilkinson, M.P. Then rain canceled the flight...