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Word: truitt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hostess to the Vice President-elect was filled. Possibly spurred on by applications from eager ladies ("I didn't know whether they wanted to marry me or hire out to me"), Alben Berkley named his daughter, Mrs. Max Truitt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Commission has plenty of other things to do. No. 2 man of the Commission, hulking Captain Howard LeRoy Vickery (on leave from the Navy), Jerry Land's right-hand man, is in charge of ship construction. Captain Edward J. Macauley (who replaces Lawyer Max O'Rell Truitt on April 1) is a specialist on ship design, will be assigned accordingly. Bushy-browed, big-nosed Thomas Mullen Woodward, Philadelphia lawyer, does the Commission's legal jobs, is charged with enforcement of control of foreign commerce. Ruddy, white-haired ex-Congressman John J. Dempsey handles the Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MERCHANT MARINE: Bottoms for Britain | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

...WBAL continuity writer named Vera Johnson. Feature of Quiz the Scientist is its formidable permanent board, which includes such lights as Dr. Robert Williams Wood, famed prankster physicist of Johns Hopkins University (TIME, June 20, 1938), Dr. Louise Kelley, Professor of Chemistry at Goucher College, Dr. Reginald Van Trump Truitt, Professor of Zoology at University of Maryland, and Dr. Page. Last week WBAL was hopeful that inquiries from NBC would result in a network spot for the quiz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Bright Quiz | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

...money to invest and sent others to him. His church affiliations were helpful too; several ministers advised members of their flock to put their worldly goods in his care. All in all, he acquired over 160 clients, among them such distinguished old Philadelphia names as Biddle. Chew, Bullitt, Gest, Truitt, Pilling. During the parlous days of New Deals I and II they were gratified at their lucrative returns from "Honest Bob" Boltz's private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: WIZARD OF WALNUT STREET | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

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