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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same columns as mention such courageous men as Byrd, Lindbergh, Chamberlin and others under the division of National News it would seem that some of the criticisms of TIME have been justified. This is a direct affront to our "Heroes of the Air." The mention of this ill-famed slacker is bad enough but the space the cut uses would have been well left blank. It may be that TIME has forgotten America's part in those hectic days of '17 and '18 as has also "one" Cyril D. H. G. Dillington-Dowse [TIME, June...
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Pastor John Roach Straton hastened to write out a 5,000-word apologia pro sua vita. There was no Pentecostalism rife in Calvary Bapist Church; the woman of Lindbergh Monday was a victim of the general Manhattan hysteria or was ill; the five deacons were fractious and had better have resigned; they were "making a grandstand play for publicity." He concluded: "In closing I wish to say that I was duly elected as the engineer of this Gospel train here at Calvary Baptist Church. And throughout the ten years of my leadership the overwhelming majority of the officers...
Bull & Dog Near Oregon, Ill., Farmer William P. Pierce dropped the dog he was intending to kill for constantly stealing eggs, when a bull attacked him. Neighbors turned away, sickened as the bull knocked the man to earth. But the convicted dog set at the huge beast, tore at him, until he turned from the man, to chase after the dog. Farmer Pierce may live. Bull & Girl...
Died. John R. Thompson, 62, originator of the "one-arm chair" restaurants; of heart disease; at Lake Forest, Ill. He started with a nickel coffee stall during the Chicago World's Fair (1893); lately served 53,000,000 meals annually throughout the U. S.* Died. Guy Eastman Tripp, 62, since 1912 Chairman of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.; in Manhattan; from complications following an intestinal operation. He recently attracted widespread interest by his plan for the electrification of the entire country under one mammoth system for all railroads, street cars, factories, farms and houses. Died. Jerome Klapka Jerome...