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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thomas Bayne Wilson, former clerk and traveling auditor for the Southern Pacific Co., branched out nine years ago, became president of Pacific Greyhound Lines Inc. which he had merged from half-a-dozen motor transport companies. After nursing Pacific Greyhound through 1932 with a $412,960 profit, he was appointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIERS: Ex-Clerks | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

The lives of the polar bears, hares, birds, and rare musk oxen of the barren region were shown in several reels of motion pictures. Led by John K. Howard '15, Boston lawyer and sportsman, the expedition brought back specimens of these animals for the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Greenland Coast Expedition Shown in Movies by Kilram | 11/23/1938 | See Source »

To solve his problem, Mr. Rice places Frank Dale, a Captain in the Spanish-American War, as the last male member of an old American family in the town which bears his grand-father's name, Dalesford, Connecticut. Captain Dale can no longer run his shoe factory at a profit...

Author: By V.f. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/22/1938 | See Source »

Founded in 1859 by Inventor Peter Cooper, who built the first U. S. locomotive ("Tom Thumb"), Cooper Union still bears many marks of its picturesque founder. He created it as an institution to teach engineering and art free to the children of the poor. Almost forgotten are some of Peter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: On the Bowery | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

The student counselors in each club were assisted in the brief preparation by six fellow club-members. They are, for the Powell Club: John T. Binkley Jr., Houston, Texas; George B. Lester, San Remo, Italy; R. Gordon Scott Jr., Dedham; Irvin L. Stephenson, Salt Lake gles 14; Green Bay Packers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMES COMPETITION HITS SEMI-FINALS | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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