Word: burbanked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Social skills became life-savers. Herbert W. Richards, an expert dancer in college, became a dancing teacher in 1930 and rose to become national director of the Arthur Murray Studios. Graduating from the Business School in 1931, Scott W. Burbank, who had earned spending money in college by playing with local orchestras, found "that the offers to stay in music were more lucrative that those from other fields of business, so I decided to remain in music for a while. One offer led to another and I am still in show business...
GLEN HALEY Burbank, Calif...
Looking Backward. The first U.S. commercial airlines flight with all passengers seated backward was made last week by a North American Airlines DC-4 from Burbank, Calif, to New York City. The reversed seats, recommended by many air safety experts (TIME, Sept. 1), give passengers sitting backward a better chance of survival in crashes because the back of the seat distributes the shock more evenly...
...decades that followed, Jeffries led a good life. He was canny with money, never wanted, and during the Depression supported from 30 to 40 needy men on his California ranch. He was an honored citizen of Burbank, and as he grew older, liked to get his vast bulk into a Santa Claus suit before Christmas and entertain children at a local department store. He never lacked whisky to sip, nor friends with whom to mull over the "great old days." He was 77 last week when he suffered a heart attack in his chair, asked his niece to call...
Died. James J. Jeffries, 77, onetime (1899-1905) world heavyweight boxing champion; of a coronary thrombosis; in Burbank, Calif, (see SPORT...