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...James Morton has the laugh on Lady Astor," said A. J. ("Emperor") Cook, Secretary of the British Coal Miners' Federation, returning last week to London from a triumphant visit to Moscow (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...James Morton," continued "Emperor" Cook to newsgatherers, "asked me to pay his respects to Lady Astor who so kindly paid his passage to Russia.* As a skilled worker, Morton is getting $20 a week - $2.50 more than his last wage in England. He says he can save $5 a week, whereas he never quite earned enough to make ends meet at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Morton has two rooms and a kitchen in a converted hotel which are roomier and cheaper than the former quarters of the family in Liverpool. Food costs less than in England, school and doctors cost about the same, and clothes she buys through a 'cooperative' at not much above the English prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Morton works an hour a day less than in England, but says that the job is harder owing to the antiquated equipment. The factory runs smoothly and is now producing " an output equal to pre-War times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Laugh | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Riley, substitute Notre Dame quarterback, drove his team 73 yards down the field to score the first touchdown; a man named O'Boyle kicked the goal. These goals after touchdown often prove to be the hinges of football history. Southern California stormed and shunted ; Captain Cravath kicked, Morton Rear ran, and with four minutes to play the Pacific Trojans were five points ahead. Came a run, a plunge, a 20-yard forward pass, and eleven strong Irishmen got, by the width of a single point, their reward for traveling to Los Angeles. Score: Notre Dame, 13; Southern California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 13, 1926 | 12/13/1926 | See Source »

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