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...young inventor turned to more practical pursuits. To earn money for his first pair of long pants, he invented a thief-proof auto lock which netted him $25. At 19 he was working in a railroad yard. Then he landed a job in the fund-raising office of George Everson, a San Franciscan with brains and friends...
Philo Taylor Farnsworth, 30, failed ten years ago as a radio repairman. To George Everson, well-to-do San Francisco bachelor, he submitted his scheme for electronic television, no blueprints. When radio engineers assured Mr. Everson that the Farnsworth idea seemed feasible, he put up money for experiments, got addi tional backing from officials of San Fran cisco's Crocker First National Bank. Hard-working young Farnsworth twice threw equipment worth $25,000 out the window, started over again. Finally successful demonstrations were made at Phila delphia's Franklin Institute. Philco Radio &; Television Corp. bought U. S. rights...
Last week Major General Everson had finished up his militia job and the likelihood of his going to Hell was about to be materially reduced. He was resigning his post to take the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Denver. Looking back over his administration of the National Guard, for which the U. S. spends in the neighborhood of $27,000,000 a year, he wrote: "Never was the National Guard more thoroughly organized, equipped and trained than it is today. Having accomplished the major missions that challenged when this appointment was accepted, believing it unwise to initiate...
Born 52 years ago in Ohio, Major General Everson served in the Spanish-American War, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1901, fought on the Italian front in the World War, was the American Legion's chaplain in 1923-24. As head of the National Guard, he supervised 51 state and territorial organizations.* During his two years in office. Major General Everson flew more than 100,000 mi. throughout the land, earned the name of Flying Parson. He had held pastorates in Indiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Kentucky...
Married. Richard Washburn Child, author and onetime (1921-24) Ambassador to Italy; and Mrs. Dorothy Gallagher Everson, his former secretary and governess to his daughters. It was Mr. Child's fourth marriage, his bride's second...