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...pistol cracked. Fleet forms sped down the cinder lanes. The Games were...
...rowing upstream, and the Second crews will fight it out at 11 o'clock. The University race will be rowed downstream from Red Top to the Railroad Bridge at New London at 4 o'clock, wind and weather permitting; otherwise at 7.30 o'clock upstream. As last year, the fleet of yachts lined along the course will be asked to refrain from blowing their whistles during the race, in order to let the crews hear the coxswain's directions...
...request made by Sir Brodrick Hartwell, Bart., for subscriptions to buy liquor abroad and ship it to the rum fleet off the shore of the U. S. threatens to become an international incident. The Baronet's first appeal was to British investors and led to a controversy with Premier MacDonald, who referred to his activities as a "disgraceful blot" (TIME, June 9). Apparently British contributors were not forthcoming. But Sir Brodrick is not easily discouraged. His next appeal was made to Americans. He obtained a "sucker list" and mailed a glowing prospectus to the names upon it, which, under...
...appears that Sir Brodrick, who is sometimes referred to as "The Commodore of Rum Row," was invited by "a powerful group of American importers" to ship various liquors to the rum fleet. "Danger in the enterprise? My word, no!" cries he. Starting in August, 1923, he has managed four successful shipments so far. "I sell my goods for cash," his prospectus declares, "against delivery on the high seas, and the return of the capital and the profit...
...plan for a "floating college" (TiME, May 26), by which a group of Manhattan educators and laymen proposed to charter the Shipping Board liner President Arthur and take 450 students on a world cruise, last week received high praise from Leigh C. Palmer, President of the Fleet Corporation, and from T. V. O'Connor, Chairman of the Shipping Board. Said Mr. O'Connor: "It requires but a moment's thought to see that if groups of alert young Americans visit foreign ports in an American flagship, they will, by gaining first hand information on the handling...