Word: pioneers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Joseph Barondess, 60, famed Jewish philanthropist, pioneer fighter against "sweatshops," organizer of the potent Cloak Makers' Union, leader in the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine; following an operation for goiter; in Manhattan...
Died. Col. Charles Clifton, 74, automobile pioneer, board chairman of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co. for 14 years (1912-26) president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; in Buffalo...
...deep sea voyager, hung a one-cylinder Evinrude over the side of a twelve-ft. dinghy and chugged 233 nautical miles from New York to Boston to test the reliability of the newly discovered, much-criticized outboard motor. A power cruiser accompanying the dinghy broke down twice, three times. Pioneer Day completed the course. His time: 52 hrs., 47 minutes...
...Hughes, Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown said: "In your youthful spirit and the direct sincerity of your diplomacy you are another Lindbergh with feet on the ground." *Not to be confused with that other Oklahoma oilman, E. W. Marland, who put up the money for a huge statue of The Pioneer Woman (TIME...
Died. Alfred G. Smith, 53, president of the American Shipbuilding Co., pioneer shipbuilder who-began work at 15, made his family concern the biggest ship business on the Great Lakes, and directed the construction of 200 ships during the War; after a four months' illness; in Cleveland...