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...Tilden II. Ernest Hemingway joined the U. S. literary contingent of Sinclair Lewis, Henry Louis Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill. Paul Robeson, Negro tenor and actor, not listed in Who's Who in America, is listed in Britain's Who's Who. Charles Augustus Lindbergh's history is recounted as follows: "Enrolled in flying school, Lincoln, Neb., in 1922; flew alone from New York to Paris, 1927." Col. Lindbergh's father-in-law Dwight Whitney Morrow does not appear. Nicholas Murray Butler's paragraph occupies more space in the volume than...
...superlative praise for Kingsford-Smith. Some, like "Al" Williams, called him the "outstand-ing pilot of the age." Others more conservative, like Germany's Herman Koehl, expressed their "greatest admiration." A conspicuous paragraph in the alphabetical list was that beneath the name and photograph of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh. It read simply: "No answer." Observers reflected that Liberty might have gone out of its way to be kind to Col. Lindbergh by omitting all reference to him, by presenting its list merely as "those who did answer." But they also reflected that Liberty's publishers (Patterson & McCormick) also...
...Guiana, where Aeropostale has exclusive flying rights.) M. La Font and his aides saw the newspaper story, rushed to the Chanin Building before even the Pan American office force had arrived, waited in an agitated huddle. President Trippe placated them, put in a hurry call for Technical Adviser Charles Augustus Lindbergh to take them to luncheon at the Cloud Club on the 66th floor of the Chrysler Building across the street. Then he telephoned Second Assistant Postmaster General Warren Irving Glover in Washington, requesting that the official confirmation of the story be sure to state that "Aeropostale probably would...
...Rainbow Luminous Products, Inc., firm closely identified with Runaway Charles Victor Bob (TIME, Oct. 27). Among new Rainbow directors chosen last week were Gustave Maurice Heckscher, the chairman's son; Thomas F. Cole, sometimes associated with Promoter Bob in deals, once a mineral expert with U. S. Steel; Augustus Peabody Loring Jr., Boston banker. The company announced that Mr. Bob is no longer a stockholder or director in Rainbow...
...little university town of Princeton. N. J. bids fair to become notorious. Last fortnight Charles Augustus Lindbergh settled close by there. Last week Princeton's most popular citizen and onetime mayor, Dr. Charles Browne, published part of his wisdom in the form of a cook book...