Word: knute
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Before the Graham article appeared the editors of Forum approached Transcontinental & Western Air Inc. (on whose line Knute Rockne and seven others died in a crash last April) with a proposal that Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, technical adviser of the company, write a reply for the next issue. The proposal was promptly rejected. But transport operators have not kept their objections to the passenger 'chute idea to themselves. Chief objections...
MacDonald, in a London nursing home, following an operation for glaucoma; Mayor James John Walker of Manhattan, of a bronchial cold and low blood pressure; Governor Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska, in Lincoln, of injuries suffered when he slipped on an icy pavement; Mrs. Knute Rockne, widow of the Notre Dame football coach, in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., critically, following an abdominal operation; John R. Coen, grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in Clarksburg, W. Va., of bronchial pneumonia; Actress Dorothy Gish, 34, in Manhattan, of a nervous disorder...
With the most imposing three-season record in football history-25 victories, one tie, no defeats-at South Bend. Ind., in the new brick stadium dedicated to late great Coach Knute Kenneth Rockne (see p. 40), Notre Dame played the team that was the last to beat it, husky, well-trained Southern California. In the second period, Notre Dame made its first touchdown. After a 55-yd. march, Fullback Joe Banas leaped over the scrimmage and across the goal line. In the second half, Notre Dame received the kickoff and scored again, in four plays. This time, Halfback Marchmont Schwartz...
...driving Southern California eleven last week interrupted Notre Dame's reign over U. S. football (see p. 23). But stronger than ever lives the name of Knute Kenneth Rockne. Bobbs-Merrill has published an autobiography edited by Widow Bonnie Skiles Rockne. A biography, published by Macrae Smith, has sold well. Victor's record of one of his "fight-talks" brings Mrs. Rockne about 5? a sale. The Spirit of Notre Dame is a current, popular cinema (TIME...
Hollywood's tribute to the super-sportsman Knute Rockne, "The Spirit of Notre Dame", has met with such approval at the RKO Keith Theatre that it has been held over for a second week. The film is a worthy culmination of a wave of panegyric which has rolled over the country since the untimely death of the Czar of American football...