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...Teahan's qualification for the post is that he is married to Mr. Murphy's sister. Both he and his wife lived in Malacañan Palace, Manila, during the entire regime of Mr. Murphy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

When Bachelor Frank Murphy went to the Philippines he took along his sister to be his hostess, his newlywed brother-in-law because his sister insisted on it. As soon as Mr. Murphy gave up his Manila post, Mr. Teahan left Mr. Murphy's payroll. About to take out his final U. S. citizenship papers, he currently works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

Last week word of the Thomasites' plight reached the U. S. through a letter written to School & Society by one of their number, Gilbert Perez of the Bureau of Education at Manila. After denouncing both the Philippine and the U. S. Governments for "an amazing piece of neglect and ingratitude," Oldster Perez concluded with a poem on The Thomasites. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Thomasite Troubles | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

Last month the first set of tickets for a flight around the world on scheduled airlines was sold to one David Winship of Manila for $2,308. Last week United Air Lines announced interline agreements enabling it to sell flights around the world on one intricate yellow ticket in three sections each 17¼in. long at $2,255,66. A Boston surgeon named Dr. Reginald Dimock Margeson became the first person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Round Trip | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

...trip will be possible after April 28, when Pan American Airways begins flying passengers between Manila and Hong Kong (TIME, April 5). It can be made in 19 days. But United's round-the-world-trip allows 28, with sight-seeing along the way. Passengers will fly from Newark to San Francisco by United, to Hong Kong by Pan American, to Athens by Britain's Imperial Airways, to Milan by Italy's Ala Littoria and Avio Linee Italiane, to Frankfurt by Royal Dutch Air Lines (K.L.M.), to Lakehurst, N. J. on the Hindenburg, back to Newark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Round Trip | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

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