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3 unusual facts about Hawes


Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act

Quezon urged the Philippine Senate to reject the bill, which it did, and the Philippine Senate advocated a new bill that won the support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

By 1932, forces for the creation of this law coalesced around US farmers who were hit by the Great Depression and feared Filipino imports of sugar and coconut oil that were not subject to US tariff law; and Filipinos (such as Manuel L. Quezon) who were seeking Philippine independence.

Hawes

The town was granted a charter to hold markets by King William III in 1699.


Albert Gallatin Hawes

Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, brother of Richard Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, granduncle of Harry Bartow Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner.

Artificial respiration

Thomas Cogan, another English physician, who had become interested in the same subject during a stay at Amsterdam, where was instituted in 1767 a society for preservation of life from accidents in water, joined Hawes in his crusade.

Buckner, Missouri

Buckner was established in 1875 and named in honor of Benjamin Hawes Buckner (1783-1854)(a cousin and business partner of Richard Hawes) who once lived on a hill south of the town.

Chris Finke

His DJing career started in 2002 when he began the Flux parties with Andi Hawes, and the offshoot record label Flux Recordings.

Hawes Spencer

Hawes Spencer is the founder and editor of The Hook, the weekly newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

High Abbotside

The Parochial Parish includes the settlements and areas of Hawes, Appersett, Gayle, North Yorkshire and Burtersett as part of the Hawes & High Abbotside Parish Council.

James Hawes

Building on his success with fact-based drama, Hawes embarked on the ambitious project to bring The Suspicions of Mr Whicher to the screen.

Hawes directed The Mill, a mini series for Channel Four TV about the people and politics of Quarry Bank Mill, an 19th-century cotton mill.

John Donkin

He married Caroline Hawes, granddaughter of William Hawes, notable as founder of the Royal Humane Society, and was the daughter of Benjamin Hawes, notable for sponsoring Marc Brunel, and was sister of Benjamin Hawes and so sister-in-law to Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

José Carlos Rodrigues

Both his daughters married Englishmen, the elder, Janet, Sir William Garthwaite, the younger, Evelina, David Hawes, managing director of Frederick Sage & Company, shopfitters.

Ken Colyer

In Britain, Colyer played with various bands and joined, in 1949, the Crane River Jazz Band (CRJB) with Ben Marshall, Sonny Morris, Pat Hawes, John R. T. Davies, Julian Davies, Ron Bowden and Monty Sunshine.

Michael Chance Band

With the help of veteran soul producer Rena Sinakin, Michael Chance recorded early song demos with such laudable talents as Robert Martin (Orleans, Frank Zappa, Etta James), Wayne "Tex" Gabriel (of John Lennon and Elephant's Memory), Steve "Muruga" Booker (of the Parliament-Funkadelic), Steve Wise (Stevie Wonder's protégé), and Bruce Hawes, a pioneer of The Sound of Philadelphia.

Philippine constitutional plebiscite, 1935

The Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act, which provided for the independence of the Philippines, was passed by the United States Congress, but was rejected by the Philippine Congress.

Randy Hawes

In spring 2009, Hawes and his wife Alma participated in Food Network Canada's The 100 Mile Challenge.

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway

A rival scheme, the Yorkshire & Glasgow Union Railway, left the ECML at Thirsk, crossed the Pennines to Hawes, then Kirkby Stephen, Appleby and so reached Clifton.

The 100 Mile Challenge

Many people sign up and James and Alisa focus on six families whose progress the series will follow: Clark-Vernon, Hawes, McIntosh, Peters, St. Cyr and Weremchuk-Williams.

Alma Hawes and Alisa decide to cook a meal for James and Randy even though the men are the cooks in the family.


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