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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are Polish names which have significance in contemporary U. S. life: Paul Muni in Hollywood; Baton-wielders Stokowski, Rodzinski; Singers Kiepura, Ganna Walska; Pianist Josef Hofmann; Engineers Pawlowski, Modjeski; Economist Mizwa; Editor Pialkowicz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Poland Is Not Yet Lost | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...Nicholson, 66, Indiana author (The House of a Thousand Candles, The Port of Missing Men), new U. S. Minister to Paraguay (TIME, Aug. 28); and Dorothy Lannon, his longtime friend and literary associate; in Washington, D. C. Died. Clement E. Chase, 45, bridge engineer, partner of famed Bridgebuilder Ralph Modjeski; when, rocked by a gust of wind, he lost his balance and fell 120 ft. from the Delaware River Bridge; in Philadelphia. Died. Horace Brisbin Liveright, 46, Manhattan publisher and stage producer; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. A onetime bond salesman, he, with Albert Boni, formed Boni & Liveright, Inc., which later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 2, 1933 | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

...Amonag previous John Fritz medalists: Herbert Clark Hoover, Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, Ralph Modjeski, Guslielmo Marconi, Alfred Noble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

Divorced. Ralph Modjeski, famed bridge builder, son of late tragedienne Helena Modjeska; from Felicie Benda Modjeska, whom he married in Poland in 1885; for "extreme cruelty"; in Reno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport, Jul. 13, 1931 | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...President Harold Sherburne Boardman of University of Maine, the late George Washington Goethals (builder of Panama Canal),* the late Charles Proteus Steinmetz,* John Hays Hammond,† Dean Dexter Simpson Kimball of Cornell's engineering college,* the late Elmer Ambrose Sperry.† Architect Irving Kane Pond, Bridge Builder Ralph Modjeski,* President Frank Baldwin Jewett of Bell Telephone Laboratories,*President Charles Russ Richards of Lehigh University, Irving Langmuir of General Electric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: TBH & BK | 12/29/1930 | See Source »

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