Word: mentionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have noticed no mention in TIME of the death on May 26 of Martha Van Rensselaer. founder of the College of Home Economics at Cornell University, and State leader of the New York Home Demonstration work. Miss Van Rensselaer was the recipient of many honors, both at home and abroad, for distinguished service, among them the Chevalier Order of the Crown conferred by the King of Belgium. In 1923 she was elected by the League of Women Voters as one of America's 12 greatest women...
...have looked in vain in the last two issues of TIME for some mention of the Olympic Decathlon tryouts which were held at Evanston two weeks ago. Isn't it worthy of note that the three successful contestants in the tryouts were trained by the same coach, attended school in the same small town, two in the same institution, and that the first place winner broke the existing Olympic Decathlon record? It seems to me that Coach Brutus Hamilton of the University of Kansas has established a remarkable coaching record in training James Bausch, former University of Kansas athlete...
Like Secretary Mills in Boston, Secretary Hurley did not mention Prohibition and his party's Resubmission plank. These omissions were accepted as an indication that nationally the G. O. P. would soft-pedal this issue, at least until the President speaks out on it for himself...
Juan Terry Trippe, president of Pan American, took pains to mention last week that the work in the Arctic in no way indicated abandonment of his company's other projected transatlantic route via Bermuda and Azores...
...Sirs: Mention was made recently in TIME that Capt. Vernou is now aide to the President (TiME, May 30). For personal reasons I would like to know the parentage of Capt. Vernou. May Vernou, a daughter of Capt. Vernou of the 19th U. S. Infantry, was a schoolmate of mine in Galveston, Tex., in the '80's. She married an officer of the U. S. Army, whose name I do not recall, and died not long afterwards. As a subscriber in good standing would appreciate a TIME pencil, as mentioned in the issue of June...