Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fairly complete record of the Civil War (TIME, Nov. 16, 1931); the first Eastman Kodak, which took 100 two-inch pictures on a strip of sensitized paper, then had to be sent to the factory to be fitted with a new film; a model Leica camera used by Admiral Byrd...
...Senate, from Youngster Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (chosen to read Washington's Farewell Address* to the Senate on Feb. 22) to Oldster Borah, and they included such veterans as Hiram Johnson, Arthur Vandenberg and Gerald Nye. The Democrats aligned solidly with these included such gentlemen as Glass & Byrd of Virginia, Connally of Texas, Bailey of North Carolina, Wheeler of Montana, Clark of Missouri, Burke of Nebraska, George of Georgia, Van Nuys of Indiana...
...long-suffering public hopes that Admiral Byrd WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! He need never, on any occasion, be mistaken for a bellhop, a street car conductor or train caller [TIME, Jan. 25]. He can avoid such embarrassing moments by merely following the precedent set for him by those men whose stripes or stars or whatnots are the result of long and arduous service: No officer on the retired list wears a uniform, any time, any where. His uniform automatically retires with his active status. No officer on the active list wears a uniform while traveling. In fact, he never...
Under People in TIME, Jan. 25, you have an item about Admiral Byrd, which needs a slight correction. It is true he did arrive ahead of schedule, and some of the committee who were to meet him came after he did, but we knew him at once. However, while we were talking with him, a Salvation Army lass came up with a ticket in her hand and wanted some information about trains. Although we joked about it, we all were impressed by his courteous and kindly treatment of the lady. How different some of the travelers, that stop off from...
...bump the ship fell about 300 ft., pitching two of the passengers against the roof so violently that they had to be taken back to Washington at once and sent to a hospital. Last week these two-George P. Kimmel, Washington patent lawyer, and Homer J. Byrd, Illinois State Superintendent of Registration & Education-were in court demanding $200,000 damages from the airline.* They contended the pilot should have warned them to fasten their safety belts. The airline retorted that the weather had not been bad, that bumps often come without warning, that the accident was unavoidable...