Word: walters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington. Berry, the Prime Minister's valet, and Inspectors Walter Dew and Victor White, his Scotland Yard attendants, may well have been surprised to hear the cannonading and bugle-blowing that went up as their chief, self-styled "missionary of peace," detrained in Washington to find a full-dress military reception. Green, Blue, Red. After visiting the British Embassy and pausing about 75 minutes, part of the motorcade reformed and the Prime Minister was taken to the President. He waited in the Green Room while Ambassador Howard went in to see the President in the Blue Room. Then...
...likely candidate to succeed his father. . . . Alfred Kvale, second son, is famed as master of ceremonies and orchestra leader at the Oriental theatre in Chicago, and is an accomplished musician on several instruments. There are four other sons and one daughter, Dr. Ingolf Kvale of Willmar, Minn., and Mildred, Walter, Arthur and Robert of Benson. Mrs. Kvale died three years ago. D. M. LAWSON...
...known that "giant Center Walter Heinecke" of Stanford (TIME, Sept. 23, p. 72) is in reality five feet six and a half inches tall, and weighs in the neighborhood of 175 pounds. TIME may have confused this "little giant" with Herbert Fleishhacker, six foot four and 220 pounds, quarterback on the Stanford team, or with Paul Jessup, six foot seven, Captain of the University of Washington eleven, who last year played tackle, this year may play center...
...Died. Walter C. White, 53, Coca-Cola director, longtime motor maker, who last year sold some $47,000,000 worth of White trucks and buses; of an internal hemorrhage, after an automobile accident; at Cleveland. Driving to work in a Stutz, he carromed into another car, hurtled into a vacant lot, fractured his right hip and leg. Out of the relics of his father's White Sewing Machine Co. grew White Motor Co., first manufacturing steam cars. Since 1921 he had been the company's president. During the War he was one of a committee to supervise...
Fire Fighter. Unknown is the flyer who last week saved Farmer Walter Schiffer's home at Evansville, Ind. from burning. The barn and smokehouse had burned to earth, the granary was throwing its flames at the house. Neighbors were carrying furniture and gear outdoors. Then-the flyer appeared. All stopped to gape while he, intelligent, flew between house and granary 40 times, fanning the flames against the wind until they died down. Then off he went about his own business...