Word: colonel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Married. Colonel George T. Langhorne, U. S. A., veteran of the Spanish War and onetime assistant to the late Major General Leonard Wood; to Miss Mary K. Waller, of Chicago; at Cliveden, England, the home of Nancy Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, cousin of Colonel Langhorne...
...Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is one of the judges of the race, which will be held under the auspices of the National Aeronautical Association. Three prizes of $500, $300, and $200 will be awarded the winning clubs by Grover Loneing, manufacturer and designer of airplanes, together with individual and club trophies...
...time, four years ago, when the Woodrow Wilson Foundation inaugurated its custom of making occasional awards, M. Mestrovitch was asked to design the accompanying commemorative medal. He thereupon designed the Woodrow Wilson Foundation medal which has been given in turn to Viscount Cecil, Mr. Elihu Root and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. M. Mestrovitch contributed his services entirely without charge, as his personal tribute to the memory of the American President who aided the Jugoslavs to achieve national freedom and unity...
...rabid Abolitionist named John Brown, with five Negroes and thirteen whites, stormed and captured Harper's Ferry Arsenal. Terror and violence were in the air. A small band of militia attacked; Brown held his own. The next day relief came, the U. S. Marines! At their head rode Colonel Robert E. Lee. The arsenal was recaptured. Brown, whose soul was to go marching on, was captured...
...Last week were reported the Eastman Kodak Co.'s 1927 profits-$20,142,161. President of the company is William G. Stuber, whom Governor Flem D. Sampson of Kentucky has just made a colonel on his official staff. Will Rogers, critic of U. S. mores, is a colonel on the same staff...