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...Died. Quentin Roosevelt, 29, intense, adventurous grandson of T.R., son of the late Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; in a plane crash; near Hong Kong. An instinctive follower of his grandfather's "doctrine of the strenuous life," Quentin* explored the Sino-Tibetan mountain country at 19, joined the Army after graduating from Harvard, was wounded in action in North Africa (where he won the Silver Star and Croix de Guerre), later saw action in Sicily, Europe, China, where he became vice president of China National Aviation Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...only worthwhile use for the life of a traitor is to serve as an example to those of weak moral fiber who might hereafter be tempted to commit treason against the U.S." Unless a higher court reverses the verdict or the President intervenes, he will die in the San Quentin gas chamber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: Not Worth Living | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Dateline Israel (Sun. 4 p.m., CBS). Dramatization of the rapid growth of Palestine since the war. Narrator: Quentin Reynolds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...lost. His scattered paintings, only a few of them signed, and all of them showing the influence of the great Caravaggio, were attributed to Caravaggio's followers and other artists: the brothers Le Nain, Vermeer, the obscure 17th Century Antoine de Latour and the 18th Century Maurice Quentin de la Tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lost & Found | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...from the International Game Fish Association (he holds the world's record for catching the heaviest bone fish on a three-thread line), he began to worry about his 1,800 employees. Would any of their kids get to college? Arnstein decided to ask three friends (including Journalist Quentin Reynolds) which children of Arnstein employees best deserved a college education each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Giveaway | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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