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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Green, C. E. '31 Back 22 152 5.7 Texas Univ. Harris, W. W. '30 Back 23 163 5.10 Hall Prep. Hillsinger, L. B. '32 Guard 20 175 5.10 Syracuse Hillberg, L. J. '32 End 22 170 5.11 No. St. Teach. Col. Hutchinson, R. '30 Back 22 165 6. Pillsbury Ac. Humber, C. J. '31 Guard 24 185 6.1 N. Georgia Ag. Col. Kenny, E. A. '30 End 23 181 6. Peekskill M. S. Landry, R. B. '32 End 20 152 5.7 Tulane Univ. Lankenau, N. H. '32 Guard 19 172 6. Napoleon High Lazar, A. M. '32 Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMY SQUAD STATISTICS | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...film about a whimsical mechanic's love life, the background is sketchily and conventionally treated. William Haines capitalizes his famed insouciance to the point of insufferability. Proving at the denouement that he is a good chap after all, he sacrifices the race to his pal, Ernest Torrence, best ac tor in the cast. Best shot: a car turning over on the track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Three Loves (Moviegraph) is the ac- count of a well-curved siren who made life obnoxious for three men. When an elderly lover had eliminated her husband, she bewitched a youth who was about to depart on his honeymoon. In the midst of New Year's revels he tried to separate her from her consort, who took the occasion to murder her. Directed and acted with Teutonic power, the picture leaves a lingering impression of the heart's treacheries. If it is widely enough shown in the U. S. its heroine (Marlene Dietrich) may imperil the favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 23, 1929 | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

Rock Island, Davenport. Moäne; Sea Scout's Mother Sirs: Being a kamaiina myself, I found your ac count of Honolulu families very interesting, and I would like to add the following. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Judd, was the first white woman born in the Hawaiian Islands. She married Captain S. G. Wilder, who organized the first inter-island steamship line, known as the Wilder Steamship Company. In telling me of the incidents related in your article about her father and Captain Paulet, she added the following: Captain Paulet declared sn embargo on vessels leaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 22, 1929 | 7/22/1929 | See Source »

Inventor Westinghouse, meanwhile, had been following Mr. Adams' movements and investigating Alternating Current for himself. He was prepared, when the bids were let, to construct AC generators on the Forbes design, and was quick to acknow ledge Mr. Adams' victory when the installations proved successful. The compressed-air plan was scrapped. Alternating Current began flashing from Niagara in volume sufficient to turn every wheel and light every bulb in Buffalo. When Lord Kelvin visited the Falls and signed the visitors' book, he cheerfully saluted the wisdom Mr. Adams had shown in proceeding contrary to the foremost electrical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Golden Jubilee | 5/27/1929 | See Source »

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