William A. Eganfirst state governor; Carl Ben Eielsonpioneer pilot; Scott Gomezhockey player; Henry E. Gruennigpolitical leader; B. Frank Heintzlemanterritorial governor; Walter J. Hickelgovernor; Sheldon Jacksoneducator and missionary; Joe Juneauprospector; ...
The year 1929 would mark the end of such films in the Soviet Union — as Stalin began forced collectivization, he declared that Soviet cinema should only satisfy “the basic demands of the proletarian collective farm mass viewer.” Remarkably, Komarov and the actors Sudakevich and Ilyinsky ...
We turn back toE.B. White,TheNew Yorker’smost enthusiastic proponent of the aviation age. In the previous issue (Nov. 30) White had rhapsodized about a flight he took on a huge, new Fokker F-32. In the Dec. 7 “Talk of the Town” White reported that the very same plane had cr...
Joe Egan of Stealers Wheel died on July 6 at the age of 77. Alongside Gerry Rafferty, he co-wrote the the band's most popular song, "Stuck in the Middle With You," which made the Top 10 in both the U.S. and U.K. Egan released two of his own solo albums,Out of Nowherein 19...
Richardson, Donald Ogden Stewart(obscured), andPat Guthrie(far right) at a café inPamplona, Spain, July 1925. The group formed the basis for the characters inThe Sun Also Rises: Twysden as Brett Ashley, Loeb as Robert Cohn, Stewart as Bill Gorton, and Guthrie as Mike Campbell. (...