Word: tracings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Weaver is slim, dark, active, almost jumpy. He is perennially young; at least he looks easily ten years younger than he is, and he's still under thirty. He is a Southerner, but long years in the Middle West have quite obliterated any trace of a Southern accent. He attended Hamilton College?this he holds a bond in common with Alexander Woollcott, the increasingly weighty dramatic critic of The New York Herald. As a bitter and somewhat bumptious critic Mr. Weaver made his early reputation on the Chicago Daily News. His columns in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle have been characterized...
...talk, the general will trace the growth of the art of flight from the days of Langley and the Wrights, to the Fokkers and Shenandoahs of modern times. In addition, he will probably indicate his opinions on the conditions and needs of the nation's air force, with reference especially to the aerial mail service...
There are many tributes to his wit, which certain persons trace to his French blood. Edward Lucas White, classicist and novelist, says: . "I re-call one of Professor Gildersleeve's lectures on The Uses of the Greek Dative. I took notes on the lecture with my right hand while with my left hand I wiped away the tears that ran down my cheeks, so amusing did Professor Gildersleeve make that lecture." At a recent dinner in his honor, when he was told that his name was a household word around the globe, he replied with characteristic modesty...
...sent it to the Cambridge Trust Company for collection. In due course of time the Columbus bank reported that its only knowledge of the matter was through the receipt of similar checks made out to a score of Y. M. C. A. organizations all over the country. No trace of the anonymous philanthropist could be found...
...perfect weather, to turn back when his engine started missing, then to fly to sea again. This decision probably cost him his life. The plane was seen to crumple and fall. It has been found minus the motor, but the closest search has revealed no trace of the aviator. Mrs. Winifred Sperry has seen her husband survive so many hazardous experiences, thanks to his daring and skill as a pilot, that she still hopes the aviator may be found, but with each passing day the certainty of an irreparable loss to American aeronautics becomes greater...