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William Miller Collier, 60, U. S. Ambassador to Chile since 1921, announced last week that he had sent his resignation to President Coolidge. Reason: he wishes to devote all his time to his affairs in" the U. S. He said that his duties in Chile had been pleasant and friendly. His successor has not yet been named...
Directors: Charles Lanier Lawrance, president of the Wright Aeronautical Corp., designer of the Wright Whirlwind motor, winner of the Collier Trophy (TIME, Feb. 13), modest sportsman...
...BETTERS-Somerset Maugham's shining sarcasm brilliantly reflected by Ina Claire and Constance Collier (TIME, March...
...Buzzard. John Collier was dead. Of that there could be no doubt whatever. But the members of the cast of Broadway's newest murder play thought that if they pretended John Collier was still alive, his murderer would reappear to investigate. So they pretended, as hard as and as long as they could. Now and again, some one of them would claim to be the culprit until at last the true culprit admitted her identity. Then the audience, which had begun to imagine that it would have to wait for a death bed confession, trooped wearily away. There...
...this horse for heroes. The designer's answer was brief: "Whoever heard of the name of Paul Revere's horse?" Not for his modesty but for "the greatest achievement in aviation in America . . . demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year," the National Aeronautic Association awarded the Collier Trophy last week to Charles Lanier Lawranee, designer of the Wright Whirlwind motor, president of the Wright Aeronautical Corp...