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...66th birthday of George V rolled round last week, Australians expected that among the "birthday honors" would be a peerage for Sir Isaac Isaacs, new Australian Governor General, only native-born G. G. of a British Dominion (TIME, May 5, Dec. 15, 1930). When the Honors List was published at London, Australians were disappointed. Native Sir Isaac Isaacs got nothing-possibly because of the unconcealed anger of George V, who objected vigorously when the Australian Government refused to accept the Duke of York as Governor General, forced His Majesty to appoint Sir Isaac, a man whom he did not "even...
...newspaper story, rushed to the Chanin Building before even the Pan American office force had arrived, waited in an agitated huddle. President Trippe placated them, put in a hurry call for Technical Adviser Charles Augustus Lindbergh to take them to luncheon at the Cloud Club on the 66th floor of the Chrysler Building across the street. Then he telephoned Second Assistant Postmaster General Warren Irving Glover in Washington, requesting that the official confirmation of the story be sure to state that "Aeropostale probably would be interested" in the trans-atlantic project. Mr. Glover also said that his department was "prepared...
...Congressman since 1913. Renominated for the 19th time in the Racine district was Congressman Henry Allen Cooper, 80, white-bearded, upstanding No. 1 long-service man of the House.? Representative Cooper entered the House in 1893 (53rd Congress). His anti-War stand caused his defeat for the 66th Congress (1919-21). He was re-elected in 1920. Total service: 35 years.? Representative Cooper made a memorable impression upon all delegates at the G. O. P. Repub- lican National Convention at Cleveland in 1924 when, a La Follette supporter, he defied the Old Guard in a thumping speech from...
Elected. Lawrence Henry Rupp, Allentown (Pa.) lawyer; to be Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks; at the Elks' 66th annual convention in Atlantic City...
...paintings piled up. The Havemeyer house on 66th Street & Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, large as it was, began to look like a warehouse. When every inch of wall space was covered, Monets, Manets, Degas were piled in the closets. French bronzes and Japanese ivories found their way into Mr. Havemeyer's silk hats, among his collars. Exuberant, enthusiastic Mrs. Havemeyer kept on buying...