Word: baron
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Revived by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to promote international amity in 1896, the Olympic Games are separated by four-year periods of bickering, money-grubbing and journalistic squeals of indignation. Current bonfire of ill will, back talk and panhandling began when the Olympic Torch was ceremoniously extinguished at Los Angeles in 1932. Last week it showed signs of ending as the best swimmers, divers, runners and jumpers in the U. S. finally got down to the business of swimming, diving, running and jumping to see which of them would actually represent the U. S. at Berlin next month...
Baroness Kunegunde von Richthofen, spry, greying mother of the late Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's No. 1 War Ace (80 victories), arrived at Montreal on her first visit to Canada. A Canadian war pilot, Captain Roy Brown, now head of Canada's General Airways, was officially credited with shooting down Ace von Richthofen. Last week Baroness von Richthofen asserted that her son had been downed by Australian artillery fire as he flew low in a dogfight with Captain Brown...
Married- Dr. Katsuma Dan, 29, youngest son of Japan's late, great Banker Baron Takuma Dan (Mitsui), who was assassinated by militarists (TIME, March 14, 1932); and Jean McNair Clark, 26, of Milford, Conn., his associate in biological research at the University of Pennsylvania; in Philadelphia...
Further to please Queen Mary, Baron Dawson of Penn, the physician who pulled George V through pneumonia (TIME, April 8, 1929) and attended him in his last hours, was created by Edward VIII last week a Viscount, the highest rank figuring this year in the King's birthday honors. Baronies went to Chairman J. B. W. Pease of Lloyd's Bank, to the Indian United Provinces' retired Governor...
...showed leaning toward Germany by chatting longest (30 min.) with Foreign Minister Baron von Neurath at first diplomatic reception in Buckingham Palace...