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Juan Terry Trippe
Juan Terry Trippe , 1899-1981, pioneering American aviation executive, b. Sea Bright, N.J. A U.S. Navy pilot (1917-18), he graduated (1921) from Yale, and worked briefly on Wall Street. Fascinated with aviation, Trippe founded (1922) a short-lived air taxi service. Two years later he and three frien... Read more
chat
chat name applied to several Old World perching birds, such as the wheatear (see thrush ), the whinchat, and the stonechat, and to a common American warbler . ... Read more
Agustín Pedro Justo
Agustín Pedro Justo , 1876-1943, president of Argentina (1932-38). An army general, he rose to prominence (1922) as minister of war under Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear and later participated in the conservative revolution that overthrew Hipólito Irigoyen (1930). As president he became a l... Read more
Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach city (1990 pop. 21,471), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and fishing resort east of Pensacola. Electronic equipment and small boats are made, and military aircraft are modified here. Nearby Eglin Air Force Base contributes signific... Read more
Georgetown University
Georgetown University in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll , chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and about persons important in Americ... Read more
gremlin
gremlin in American folklore, malicious, airborne supernatural being. Gremlins were first heard of during World War II as creatures responsible for unexplainable mechanical failures and disruptions in aircraft. ... Read more
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
Oscar George Theodore Sonneck , 1873-1928, American musicologist, b. Jersey City, N.J., educated in Germany. As chief (1902-17) of the music division of the Library of Congress, he developed one of the outstanding music libraries of the world. He edited the Musical Quarterly from its founding in 1... Read more
flamethrower
flamethrower mechanism for shooting a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel at enemy troops or positions. Primitive types of flamethrowers, consisting of hollow tubes filled with burning coals, sulfur, or other materials, came into use as early as the 5th cent. BC Modern flamethrowers were in... Read more
Robert Rutherford McCormick
Robert Rutherford McCormick 1880-1955, American journalist, b. Chicago. He held local public offices, was admitted (1907) to the bar, and practiced law in Chicago. He worked with his brother, Joseph Medill McCormick, in the management of the Chicago Tribune, and, after serving in World War I, he ... Read more
Tuskegee
Tuskegee , city (1990 pop. 12,257), seat of Macon co., SE Ala., in a cotton, corn, and dairy region; settled before 1763, inc. 1843. It has gristmills and plants that make cottonseed oil and fertilizer. A number of antebellum houses remain, and nearby is a national forest. Tuskegee is best known as ... Read more

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Trippe, Juan Terry
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...pioneer of the jet age, made Pan American World Airways the world's largest...oceans in the 1930s, made Pan American Airways the first...travel. By the early 1960s Pan Am planes were flying into...organized Pan American Airways, Inc. in 1927 from a ...
George Gershwin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography George Gershwin American composer George Gershwin...called age of Tin Pan Alley —...business. In Tin Pan Alley (28th Street...entered the professional world of music, he altered...be hired by Harms, Inc., as a songwriter...by none of his Tin Pan Alley companions...
Worcester: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...modern sculpture. The American Antiquarian Society...materials pertaining to American history and culture...outdoor zoo. The American Sanitary Plumbing...accoutrements of the plumbing world. Worcester's...Music Worcester, Inc. presents Worcester...Theatre, the Peter Pan Players and ...
Irving Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Irving Berlin The American composer Irving Berlin...was hired by a Tin Pan Alley publisher to...creation of African-American musicians in the...In the Army during World War I he wrote a...Irving Berlin, Inc. His most successful...sentiment of all our American lives." Berlin...
SIC 1479 Chemical and Fertilizer Mineral Mining, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...United States was the world's largest producer...percent), vacuum pan salt (11 percent...Akzo Nobel Salt Inc., Cargill Salt Co...Salt Co., North American Salt Co., Morton...Eastern Cargill Inc., and Petroquaimica...by Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. not to replace its...
Robert Russell Bennett
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...student of the Danish-American musician Carl Busch...of George Schirmer, Inc., where he was hired...United States entered World War I, Bennett was able...music publisher in Tin Pan Alley, the center of...best musical work by an American. The following year...
Buffalo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Niagara and Buffalo rivers; inc. 1832. With more than 37 mi (60...continued the decline that began after World War II. By 2003 the decline led...Buffalo in 1882. Here in 1901, at the Pan-American Exposition, President McKinley was...
Wong, Anna May
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...California Asian American actress Anna May...generation Chinese American; her father was...with the brand new world of movies. She began...girl who marries an American sailor, Wong captured...American girl in Peter Pan. In addition to...Service Organizations, Inc. (USO; a ...

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Music Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Street, dubbed Tin Pan Alley by the newspaper...rate per song, Tin Pan Alley firms issued...United States and the world. Victor eventually...consumers. African American and southern white...material through the American Society of Composers...Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), offered...

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Pan Am formally objects to American-Eastern transfer; says deal is anticompetitive. (Pan American World Airways Inc., American Airlines Inc., Eastern Air Lines Inc.)
PR Newswire; 3/5/1990; 700+ words ; ...ultimate test" by its decision in this case. Pan Am asked the department to conduct an oral...3/5/90 /CONTACT: Pamela Hanlon of Pan Am, 212-880-6183/ (PN) CO: Pan Am World Airways; American Airlines; Eastern Airlines ST: D.C...
Pan Am, United finalize documentation on cooperative agreement. (Pan American World Airways Inc., United Air Lines Inc. includes specifics of agreement)
PR Newswire; 11/15/1990; 700+ words ; ...AGREEMENT NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan American World Airways announced today that it has completed...Hanlon of Pan Am, 212-880-6183/ (PN) CO: Pan American World Airways; Pan Am Corporation; United Airlines ST: Illinois...
Braniff Inc., Pan Am Air Plan Merger;Airline Deal Hinges On Labor Concessions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/10/1987; ; 629 words ; Pan Am Corp. has tentatively agreed to...airline business will merge with Braniff Inc. to create a new company if Braniff...Pan Am intact. Under the agreement, Pan Am would spin off its Pan American World Airways unit to shareholders of the...
Pan American World Airways Inc. plans to form holding company.
PR Newswire; 3/26/1984; 651 words ; ...YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Pan American World Airways, Inc. will ask shareholders to approve...Pan American World Airways, Inc., which operates the company...business, and Pan Am World Services, Inc., the airline's principal subsidiary...
Delta counterclaim: Pan Am creditors grounded carrier's reorganization plan. (Delta Air Lines Inc., Pan American World Airways Inc.)(Corporate Securities) (Column)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer; 4/7/1992; ; 700+ words ; "Destructive acts" by the Pan Am Creditors Committee and its...failed to fly, Delta Air Lines Inc. charged in a counterclaim yesterday...week. Rogers Communications Inc. is expected to issue $250...it BB-minus. Embassy Suites Inc. is expected to issue $200...
Pan Am blasts HBO over Lockerbie film. (Pan Am World Airways Inc. objects to television program about airline explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 12/3/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...Film NEW YORK -- Pam American Airways is protesting...part an indictment of Pan Am, charging that airline...crash. In a statement, Pan Am said that the "supposed...operate on the project. Pan Am officials said they...airport security around the world, imposing a $5 surcharge...
Pan Am World Services and Haynes Environmental Systems Inc. create partnership: form Pan Am Weather Systems Inc.
PR Newswire; 7/29/1987; 700+ words ; PAN AM WORLD SERVICES AND HAYNES...AM WEATHER SYSTEMS, INC. TETERBORO, N.J...Am World Services, Inc. has executed a letter...Environmental Systems, Inc. to jointly develop...Services, which like Pan American World Airways is a wholly...
Shuttling along. (selling of Pan Am Shuttle Inc., Trump Shuttle Inc.)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/26/1990; 700+ words ; ...the payment is closer to 40m). Pan Am, which has not shown an annual...partnership bids. Its main operation, Pan American World Airways, lost $328m last year...aircraft over Lockerbie, Scotland. But Pan Am has other difficulties. It sold...
Pan Am returns home to Key West. (Pan Am Express Inc.)
PR Newswire; 4/25/1990; 700+ words ; ...the skies over Key West, Fla. the birthplace of Pan American World Airways. Pan Am Express, the regional airline subsidiary of Pan Am Corporation (NYSE: PN), will inaugurate service...
United to acquire certain Trans-Atlantic routes and enter into cooperative agreement with Pan Am. (United Airlines Inc., Pan American World Airways Inc.)
PR Newswire; 10/23/1990; 700+ words ; ...ROUTES AND ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH PAN AM NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- United...today it has signed an agreement in principle with Pan American World Airways to acquire Pan Am's rights to fly between five cities in the...