Word: putnam
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...direct line with the Dudley gate on the north side of the street and the Varsity Club entrance, Hallowell was for three years a letterman in football, and for four years a member of the Crimson track team. The structure was designed and executed by Elliot T. Putnam '01, a Boston architect...
George Palmer Putnam, publisher of Charles Augustus Lindbergh's book, We, was so impressed by the success of that book that he said to his friends: "Find me a 'lady Lindbergh.' " Amelia Earhart was found. She became the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane. Last week, she took Mr. Putnam for an air ride from New York to Pittsburgh. Landing at Rodger's Field, her plane struck an unmarked ditch, turned over, was wrecked. Pilot Earhart and Passenger Putnam suffered no injuries. Said Passenger Putnam: "The accident occurred through no fault of hers...
...Putnam in Jail...
...photographing wild animals on the high equatorial plateau just east of Lake Victoria, Africa. The boys-Robert Douglas, 16, of Greensboro, N. C., David Martin, 15, of Austin, Minn., and Douglas Oliver, 15, of Atlanta, Ga., are with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson. Their message reached George Palmer Putnam, publisher, backer of their expedition, last week. Each boy has killed his lion. When they return this autumn they will write a book, Three Boy Scouts in Africa, for Mr. Putnam to publish. Commander Byrd last week was trying to choose a Boy Scout to go with him on his Antarctic...
...months, when his policy is used up. If he dies after the 40th month, Mrs. Hazay will be penniless. . . . Others who announced six months profits, last week, were: Fleischmann Co. ("I was bilious"): $9,529,055. as against $9,315,352. Simmons Co. (Bedmakers for David Binney Putnam): $2,501,438 as against $2,242,482. Coca Cola International Corp. (The heat, the humidity): $1,264,533 as against $1,204,023. N. Y. Central Railroad Co. (20th Century Limited): $28,544,608 as against $30,959,292. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (Broadway Limited) : $51,277,232 as against...