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Under a sizzling sun organdied mannequins in the pesage of Longchamp's swank racetrack and Paris workmen in the field blinked the sweat out of their eyes for the start of the Prix de la Porte Maillot, day before the Grand-Prix last week. Most of them had bet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Race Riot | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

While performance during the first days of the meet did not approach that achieved in Germany, Austria and Honolulu, where records of 283 mi. distance, 8,494 ft. altitude, 21 hr. 34 min. duration have been made, it was in all respects the most successful glider meet yet held in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Gliding at Elmira | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

† Of the eight original Houston children, survivors are Andrew Jackson Houston, custodian of San Jacinto battlefield, and Mrs. Nettie Houston Bringhurst of San Antonio. Living descendants: 20 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 35 great-great-grandchildren. Living grandchildren are: Mrs. Margaret Bell Probert, New York novelist; Mrs. G. H. Loe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 28, 1931 | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

On the basis of a nationwide survey Manager George Engles of National Broadcasting Co.'s Artists' Service last week announced that $10,000,000 had been spent in the U. S. this season by more than 10,000,000 people who went to hear concerts. The figures, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Season's Business | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

*Before disbanding Pianists Maier & Pattison will play in Chicago, Minneapolis, La Crosse, Wise., Rochester, Minn., St. Paul, Muskegon, Portsmouth, Ohio, Cleveland, Lawrence, Neb., Sioux Falls, S. Dak. La Porte, Ind.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Friendly Split | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

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