Word: davises
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thayer 59, Edward P. Davis.
Married. Brigadier Gen. Pelham Davis Glassford, 51, who resigned as superintendent of the District of Columbia police six months after the Bonus Expeditionary Force marched to Washington (TIME, Oct. 31, 1932); and Lucille K. Painter, 33, his secretary; in Holbrook, Ariz.
Recently at Hyde Park, President Roosevelt was understood to have instructed Disarmament Ambassador Norman H. Davis to keep up his fight in London for the retention of the present naval ratio, 5-5-3.
Bendix. Major figure of last year's races was gaudy, swashbuckling Roscoe Turner, who won the Bendix Trophy hands down. Strong 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...
Consolation. Because Winner Davis failed to continue to New York for the extra $2,500, which would have been his had he broken the coast-to-coast record, Manufacturer Vincent Bendix dangled before Col. Turner a $3,500 "consolation prize" if he beat his own record. Last year Col. Turner...