Word: franklin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spectators gathered around Philadelphia's Franklin Field, it was exciting to see pompadoured, red-shirted George Simpson of Ohio State equal the world's100-yard dash record?9? sec.* In Des Moines four lean-legged youths named Trimble, Burkhardt, Rogers and Sentman, leaped over high hurdles for 480 yds. in shuttle relay, in world's record time of 1 min. 2 3 10 sec. Also in Des Moines, West Pointer Carl Jark, with mighty ventral effort, sailed his discus 158 ft., 3 in., another record...
Engaged. James Roosevelt, Harvard College junior, son of Governor and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York; to Betsy Cushing of Brookline, Mass., daughter of Dr. Harvey Cushing, leading U. S. surgeon and 1925 Pulitzer Prize biographer (The Life of Sir William Osier...
Addressed to Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York, the package was diagnosed as a bomb. Only oldtime bomb-touchers were allowed to handle it. On his way to Albany, Gov. Roosevelt remarked: "That's the first I've heard about bombs since I left the Navy Department...
Others. Graham-Paige almost doubled its first quarter 1928 output, producing more than 25,000 Graham-Paiges during first three months of 1929. Nash beat March, 1928 by 44%, Franklin by 140% (1,566 units). March saw the millionth Oakland roll down the runway. Marmon had a record-breaking March, featured by its new Roosevelt (8 cylinders, less than $1,000). President A. R. Erskine of Studebaker told stockholders of $4,500,000 earnings, in best first quarter for five years. Continental Motors Corp. (engines) showed sales increases, exclusive of sales to Ford, of 18% over first quarter...
Over fifty papers, on topics ranging throughout the entire field of Oriental religion, languages and life, will be presented during the sessions. The presidential address, by Professor Franklin Edgerton of Yale, will treat the subject, "The Upani-shads: what do they seek...