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...great U. S. friend of small and backward peoples is Charles Richard Crane. Quite a trifle of his money went to help Professor Thomas Garrigue Masaryk found the new state of Czechoslovakia...
...squalid little Near Eastern states know that Mr. Crane was their friend as American Commissioner on Mandates in Turkey (1919); and he was a most popular U. S. Minister to China (1920-21). Throughout the U. S. almost any dainty faucet, bathroom jigger or giant sewer valve is apt to bear the impress CRANE. Therefore it was matter of interest and concern to millions when, last week, the automobile of Charles Richard Crane was savagely fired upon by Arabian bandits, 60 miles south of Basra, Irak...
Once upon a time Sindbad the Sailor set out on his Arabian Nights adventures from Basra. With Mr. Crane in Basra were his son John and the Rev. Henry A. Bilkerd, a Reformed Church missionary from Kalamazoo, Mich. They planned to set off at dawn for the Sultanate of Kuwait, 85 miles distant, despite the fact that nomadic and warlike subjects of the Great Sultan Ibn Saud of Nejd and the Hejaz were thought to be marauding not far off. Apparently Mr. Crane judged that his party would be safe, and with the best reason: in 1926 Sultan Ibn Saud...
...Class. Archaeology 1a Sever 18 Class. Philology 39 Sever 18 Comp. Literature 6a Sever 11 Comp. Literature 35 Sever 30 Comp. Philology 1 Sever 18 Economics A Mr. Bigelow, O, Y New Lect. Hall Dr. Chamberlin, C New Lect. Hall Mr. deChazeau, K, T. New Lect. Hall Mr. Crane, J, R New Lect. Hall Mr. Johnson, G, S New Lect. Hall Mr. Leighton, B, E New Lect. Hall Mr. Parsons, W, BB Memorial Hall Mr. Ratzlaff, L, U Harvard 6 Mr. Shoemaker, A, P Memorial Hall Mr. Stratton, Q, Z Harvard 6 Mr. Taylor, D, F Harvard 2 Mr. Wernette...
...with extended airplane cruises (TIME, Jan. 14). It was recalled, last week, that the maternal grandfather of these men, Joseph Medill. was elected Mayor in 1871, running, after the great fire, on a "Fireproof ticket. Among other possible candidates, Hale Holden, railroader, has more than local interests, and Richard Crane (Crane valves) is only a part-time Chicagoan. A great Chicago enterprise is International Harvester Co.. but its present head, Alexander Legge (TIME, Jan. 14) is too preoccupied with the world's harvests to be concerned with city management...