Word: mason
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Women's singles: Mrs. Mary Mason Harding, of Louisville, unexpectedly defeated Miss Ethelyn Legendre, of New Orleans (for four years Southern title-holder...
Another communication called attention to Yale 1898 as being the " youngest " famous class. It includes James W. Wadsworth (U. S. Senator from New York), Hiram Bingham (Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut), Henry H. Curran (U. S. Commissioner of Immigration), Julian S. Mason (Managing Editor of the New York Tribune), Gouverneur Morris (novelist), Worthington Scranton and Paym Whitney (capitalists), Brewer Edd (divine...
...Honorable William E. Mason, Representative-at-Large from Illinois, died last year. On November 7 his daughter, Winifred Mason Huck, of Chicago, was elected to fill his term. Mrs. Huck's term expired on March 4 last. Much of the time that Congress was in session, she was not at Washington. She was campaigning to be elected to the seat of James R. Mann, who died November 30. Mrs. Huck was defeated in a special election for Representative Mann's seat...
While Mrs. Huck was in office, however, she made all her allowed appointments to Annapolis. The class of 1927 has just been admitted to the Naval Academy. Among its members was Wallace Mason Huck, grandson of William E. Mason, son of Winifred Mason Huck. He was found to be two inches under the minimum height for admission to the Academy. The requirement was waived...
This incident in the early history of flying is recalled by the recent feat of Major General Mason M. Patrick. General Patrick, who had been transferred from the Engineers Corps to the Air Service only two years earlier, is 60 years of age. He is now Chief of the Army Air Service, and in that position has many times taken occasion to use aeroplanes on his tours of inspection. Some time ago, in order better to familiarize himself with his duties, he began the regular flying course, and about three months ago formed the resolve of actually qualifying...