Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week the U. S. got a new No. 1 weatherman-chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau. Appointed to succeed Willis Ray Gregg, who died last September, was Commander Francis Wilton Reichelderfer, U. S. N., an able, earnest meteorologist whose experiences include flying in Navy airplanes, dirigibles and racing balloons, taking part in the search for Amelia Earhart, furnishing weather information (from Lisbon) for the historic transatlantic flight of the NC-4. Quiet, matter-of-fact, Commander Reichelderfer likes dancing, music, an occasional cocktail, spends much time reading up on new developments in weather science...
This general feeling of optimism was cut short when it was learned that three Sophomores, Joe Zilly, Bill Thorn and Ray Anderson, would be on probation at least until January 21. The loss of Zilly hurts especially, but Coach Loeffier has a strong starting lineup ready to swing into action. He has not five good men but at least twelve. Captain Chuck Kellogg, Doug McKellar, Johnny Cobb, Tom Erickson, George Page, Al Stevens, Bob Burns, Ziggle Owen, Johnny Norton, and Larry Krleger will bear the brunt of the burden this season...
...French (Paramount). Screwball comedy raised a few notches above average by the presence in the cast of three masters of offhand humor, Olympe Bradna (Stolen Heaven), Ray Milland (Three Smart Girls), William Collier Sr. (Madison Square Garden, The Bride Comes Home...
...pointed out, comprises 30 to 40% of all cancers in the U. S., kills more people than any other type. But thousands of deaths can be prevented if all patients suffering from "stomach trouble" are given routine gastroscopic examinations. Although the flexible gastroscope is an aid to the X-ray rather than a substitute for it, it enables a properly-trained physician to discover tiny ulcers and tumors which have just begun to grow and cannot be detected by Xray. The gastroscope has also demonstrated the frequency of chronic inflammation of the stomach...
...Died. Ray Ruddy, 27, swimmer who was considered one of the ablest water poloists in the world; day after he had fallen down a flight of stairs in his aunt's home and cracked his skull on a radiator; in Manhattan. Son of the most famed water poloist in history, Coach Joe Ruddy of the New York Athletic Club, brother of four other star swimmers, Ray Ruddy won the President's Cup for seven consecutive years, swam on three Olympic teams, won the National Long Distance Championship six years...