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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, world famed airman; and Anne Spencer Morrow, second daughter of Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Whitney Morrow; at Englewood, N. J. Long rumored, long talked about, the marriage took place without advance notice. First word came two hours after the wedding when a Morrow secretary telephoned Manhattan journals, giving them a brief, formal announcement. Only members of the immediate families were present...
...Alleghany Corp. was formed in the present year (TIME, Feb. n) as holding company for Van Sweringen railroad stocks. Its initial offering ($35,000,000 in 5% convertible bonds) was marketed through J. P. Morgan & Co., National City Co., First National Bank, Guaranty Co., Alleghany Corp. Last month announced an issue of $25,000,000 in cumulative preferred, series A, with rights to purchase 1 1/2 shares of common at $30 a share for each share of preferred...
...25th annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association at Atlantic City last week provided a summary of the U. S. Tuberculosis situation. Estimated number of people infected: 900,000 cases. Sanatorium beds existing for their care: 67,270. Result: doctors, nurses, public health officials and the N. T. A. must get after cases roaming at large. Between 3% and 4% of children have childhood tuberculosis. Half of those children overcome their infection (by rest, good food, outdoor life). The other half develop true pulmonary tuberculosis (the type that kills) when they become adolescents. About the same number of boys...
Leading them through the trying days had been Joseph N. Weber, their president, captain, champion, advisor. But even "Joe" Weber had been unable to offer any sure-fire suggestion for a way to combat the "menace" of machine-made music in the cinema houses of the land. Even "Joe" Weber seemed to see nothing but musical doom, and the one resolution which was issued for publication after the secret meetings contained nothing more cheerful than pride, nothing more tangible than a prediction...
...Hanover, N. H., June 3--Preparations are being made for approximately 200 students at the Northfield Intercollegiate Conference according to the Chairman of the New England Field Council, and executive chairman of the Northfield Conference, R. M. Funkhouser, 1930. Workmen have been active in preparing accommodations for the visiting delegations who will be located in the dormitories occupied throughout the year by the students at the Northfield Seminary...