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Died. William W. Blackburn, 72, retired vice president and secretary (1901-27) of Carnegie Steel Co., president of Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind; after long illness; in Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 21, 1931 | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

...Great Eleven lapsed after the imprisonment of May Otis Blackburn ("Heel of God"). From one Clifford Dabney it is claimed she stole $40,000, having promised to reveal universal secrets. Mr. Dabney declared that she told him he was the Christ but could not prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: California Cults | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

...president of Detroit Aircraft Corp., which embraces Lockheed Aircraft Co., Ryan Aircraft Corp., Grosse Ile Airport, Aircraft Development Corp., Parks Air College, Eastman Aircraft Corp., Winton Aviation Engine Co., Blackburn Aeroplane Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...finished, Universal had plenty of material left over?pantalettes, clippings of river scenes, Joseph Schildkraut's southern accent, beaver hats, some expensive Mississippi locations. These fragments are here thrown together on a framework involving the inherent nobility of a gambler who, after winning the parish funds from Colonel Blackburn, falls so much in love with the Colonel's daughter (Joan Bennett) that he lets her win them back again. Silliest shot: Miss Bennett hearing of her father's betrayal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

Fortnight ago the greatest British cotton strike since the War ended. In Manchester, Blackburn, Oldham, a halfmillion Lancashire cotton workers trudged from their dingy yellow brick houses back to the mills, agreed to abide by the decision of an Arbitral Board of Five: two workers, two employers and an umpire (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Palliative | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

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