Word: burbank
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...passengers safely in the little town, other scientists converging from other parts of U. S. S. R. swelled the throng to nearly 600. All were there to pay high honor to the wrinkled old man for whom the town once called Koslov was renamed, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, "the Burbank of Russia." With pomp and ceremony the title of Honored Scientist of the Republic was conferred upon Comrade Michurin of Michurinsk...
...Sever 21 22* Consult Professor Gay 23* Thurs. at 4 Widener C 33* Consult Professor Black 43* Thurs. at 2 Widener U 44* Thurs. at 11 Widener U 46* Thurs. at 12 Widener U 50* Thurs. at 3 Sever 5 51* Thurs. at 4.30 Widener U 60* Consult Professor Burbank EDUCATION B21-22* Thurs. at 2 Emerson 7 ENGINEERING SCIENCES 1a Thurs. at 3 Pierce 304 3b Thurs. at 2 Robinson Annex 5a Thurs. at 9 Pierce 304 5b Thurs. at 10 Pierce 305 8 Thurs. at 11 Pierce 202 11 Thurs. at 12 Pierce 110 ENGLISH A-2 Thurs...
...favorite to win this year's Bendix, Colonel Turner (California National Guard) was scratched 15 minutes before the start by a leaky fuel tank. Three pilots were left in the race. Flying the famed red-and-black Wedell-Williams "44," a drawling Atlantan named Douglas Davis took off from Burbank before dawn without breakfast. Headwinds, rain and fog cut his speed to 212 m. p. h., brought him to Cleveland an hour behind the course record but in plenty of time to win the $4,500 first prize and receive the Bendix Trophy from Cinemactress Mary Pickford. Said he, grinning...
Like Germany's Hermann Wilhelm Goring, Roscoe Turner is partial to fancy uniforms. Last week he wore a red-and-gold helmet, sky-blue tunic, fawn-colored breeches, Sam Browne belt, riding boots. From Burbank he reached Cleveland in a pouring rain, three minutes behind his 1933 time. The crowd cheered, sirens screamed, Col. Turner cursed. Eight minutes later he headed east again, "poured on the coal," streaked to New York at half the speed of a high-powered rifle bullet, covered the 418 mi. in 1 hr. 24 min., broke his own transcontinental record...
Last week Mrs. MacDonald retired from the music business. She had been unable to pay Virginia Burbank, a Los Angeles contralto, railroad fare and a small fee. Like Thomas, Contralto Burbank refused to sing. Said she: "I felt that I owed it to the dignity of the music profession...