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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Helene Emma Madison, 24, famed free-style swimmer, 1932 Olympic champion in the 100-and 400-metre races; and Luther C. Mclvor, builder of Wenatchee, Wash.'s Rock Island Dam; at Wenatchee. Breaker of many records before she turned professional in 1932, Swimmer Madison made a film in Hollywood (The Warrior's Husband), went home to Seattle disillusioned, sold hot dogs to pay her way through nursing school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 15, 1937 | 3/15/1937 | See Source »

...audience descended safely, opened their eyes, found themselves once more in the brummagem Astor ballroom. "Was that not a great trip, the best trip you ever had?" asked Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall. The audience applauded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Cheery Religion | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

Spiritualism's "Grand Old Man" was at the convention last week-white-haired, leonine Dr. Alexander J. Mclvor-Tyndall, 92. British-born, he studied medicine, turned to Spiritualism propounding the theory that thought, hidden in the recesses of the brain, may be brought out and photographed. Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall. has helped Scotland Yard with murder cases, notably that of a Mrs. Florence Maybrick who was convicted of poisoning her husband. He protested her innocence, was proven right when another person confessed. Last week Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall spoke to the convention on "The Dynamic Message of Spiritualism." Four times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Cheery Religion | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

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