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...William Howland Taylor. To him went $1,000 for his stories of the America's Cup Races: the claim of foul by the British yacht Endeavour, the victory won by Harold Vanderbilt's Rainbow. A yachtsman, William Taylor helped organize the Frostbite Yacht Club which sails dinghies ia winter...
William K. Wyant, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; William T. Dean, Jr., Chicago, III; Charles F. Haas, Chicago, III.; Sol R. Srole, Chicago, III.; Howard F. Schomer, Oak Park, III.; John H. Sardeson, Oak Park, III.; Robert Kramer, Jr., Davenport, Ia.; Robert A. Stewart, Jr., Independence, Ia.; John R. Yungblut, Dayton, Ky.; Irving M. Pinansky, Portland, Me.; Thomas S. Risley, Waterville, Me.; Cesar L. Barber, Bethesda, Md.; Louis H. Conger, Jr., Muskegon, Mich.; Lazar M. Paves, Detroit, Mich.; Joseph H. Phillips, Dearborn, Mich...
Name. Old as the Cunard Line is the tradition that its ships must bear names ending in ia. No. 534 may become Britannia, because it was the name of the first Cunarder. Another possibility was Victoria, and a third was Columbia. Princess Elizabeth, often suggested, was losing ground as launching day drew near. Last-minute rumor said the name would be Queen Mary, in honor of England's Queen. Because Cunard with its ia and White Star with its ic have been merged, such a name, it was argued, would favor neither of the old companies...
...under the honor plan, without examination. He had the highest scholastic average in his class at Roosevelt High, was co-captain of the swimming team, and was a leader on school committees and school publications. His mother was a high school teacher, and his grandfather a professor at Ames, Ia. He wants to become an army officer...
...sale of his records. His widow still gets about $200 per month in royalties. His plaintive voice still yodeled last week from honkytonks in Port-au-Prince, cantinas in Colon, dives in Sidney. Lately Jimmie Rodgers' name was given additional immortality. Compañia Vinícola Hispano Americano of Panama City put a Jimmie Rodgers rum on the market...