Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...boys pulled off their raincoats, ran down the track waving them wildly. The engineer said that if the boys had not been spry they would have been killed as he jerked his train to a stop, saving the lives of 500 passengers. The grateful Erie promised a handsome award to the young Passaic heroes. The Mayor & Commissioners of Passaic planned to strike medals in their honor. Photographers and reporters flocked to the asylum. Was there anything they particularly wanted done? Yes. said the boys. Just make sure Babe Ruth heard about them. Following Saturday, Passaic's small heroes...
...suit for defamation of character against Adman Bruce Barton by his onetime file clerk Gertrude Gussenhaven Wagner King (TIME, May 1): dismissal and award of $156 for costs to Mr. Barton in Manhattan Supreme Court. In jail on Barton's charges of attempted extortion, Mrs. King did not appear in court. ¶ To the injuries (broken arm & leg. internal injuries) of Thomas David Schall Jr., 23, son of Minnesota's blind Senator: an award by a Washington jury of $60,000 plus interest against Standard Oil Co. of N. J., whose truck collided with the Schall automobile near...
...gingham dresses, all Berry students must work two days a week. Simple, combining hand with mind, are the Berry courses-liberal arts, science, commerce, mechanics, agriculture. There are nearly 10,000 alumni. White-haired and maternal at 66, Miss Berry has been given the $5,000 Pictorial Review Achievement Award, the Roosevelt Memorial Association Medal, the Town Hall Club Medal. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Edison have long been friends of Miss Berry and benefactors of her schools, but last week's Pilgrimage was their first visit. Said Mrs. Edison: "My wish is that Mr. Edison might have. . . ." Said...
From University Hall yesterday, announcement was made that the David A. Wells prize, a cash award of $500 for "the best thesis enbodying the results of original investigation in Economics" was given to P. W. Gates. Gates at the present time is a member of the Faculty of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard...
...Burbank, David A. Wells Professor of Economics, is the chairman of the committee which selected the winner of the first award. The subject was "The Illinois Central Railroad and its Colonization Work...