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Sometime in the early 1930s, Denny was between scenes on a movie set when he met a neighborhood boy who was trying to fly a bulky gas-powered model plane. When he tried to help by making an adjustment on the machine, Denny succeeded only in wrecking it. But this launched his infatuation with model aviation, and his new hobby grew into Reginald Denny Industries, maker of model plane kits.
When the U.S. Army began hunting for a better and safer way to train anti-aircraft gunners than using targets towed by piloted planes, Denny and his associates Walter Righter and Paul Whittier began work on a radio-controlled target drone, and their third prototype won them an Army contract. Radioplane was formed in 1940, and during WWII produced nearly 15,000 target drones (the RP-5A) for the Army. Radioplane was later purchased by Northrop in 1952.- Actor
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Gene Alsace was born on 4 August 1902 in Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Gun Smoke (1935), The Fighting Stallion (1950) and Adventures of Red Ryder (1940). He was married to Dorothy Coburn, Bonnie Brown Halvorsen, Marguerite Hazel Roberts, Jeanne and Vera T. Camron. He died on 16 June 1967 in Paradise, California, USA.- Ted Shane was born on September 20, 1900 in New York City to Samuel and Clara Berg Schoen. His father was a tailor whose family had come to America from Hungary in the mid 1880s. Shane's mother was born in New York, the daughter of German immigrants.
When Shane was only sixteen, he traveled to Montréal and enlisted in The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada and was soon sent overseas to fight with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. After the war he attended Columbia University and embarked on his literary career soon after his graduation in 1923. Within a very short period of time Shane became a popular magazine writer known for his humorous articles and stories. His Cockeyed Crosswords Puzzles, which appeared in a number of national publications, remained popular with readers for over three decades.
In the late 1920s a lucrative contract brought Shane to Hollywood as a script writer. It was later reported that for some reason the MGM executive who hired him, thought he was hiring Robert Benchley. When Shane and the movie executive realized that he was not the man they wanted, Shane smiled, bowed his head and said "I'm at your service".
During the 1930s Shane started writing movie revues primarily for Liberty Magazine.
In 1930 he married the writer Margaret Woodward Smith Boyd (1895-1965) and moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut. In 1951 their daughter Gretchen married E.W. Swackhamer at their residence in Ridgefield.
After the war Shane wrote a profiles for a number of publications, mostly on athletes, like: Dizzy Dean ("His Dizziness"), Leroy 'Satchel' Paige ("Satchel Man") and the Harlem Globetrotters ("Barnums of Basketball"). Shane also served as editor of 1000 Jokes magazine and published several crossword puzzle books. He also authored "Softball, So What?"(1940,) with Lowell Thomas, "Heroes of the Pacific" (1944) and, though a teetotaler himself, the humorous and very popular "Bar Guide" (1950), illustrated by Virgil Partch.
Ted Shane passed away on 16 June, 1967 at Ridgefield. He was survived by his daughter and 2 grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death on September 3, 1965. - Walter Maria Muggenheimer was born on 8 January 1903 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer, known for Hotel Iphigenie (1964). He died on 16 June 1967 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
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Paul 'Shug' Keeler was born on 21 November 1897 in Indiana, USA. Paul 'Shug' is known for The Flame Within (1935) and Saddle the Wind (1958). Paul 'Shug' died on 16 June 1967 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Muriel Johnston was born on 18 October 1876 in Wellington, New Zealand. She was an actress, known for Yellow Sands (1938) and Cross My Heart (1937). She died on 16 June 1967 in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK.
- Richard Statman was born in 1928 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Kipps (1960), The Black Tulip (1956) and Dancers in Mourning (1959). He was married to Kristin Helga. He died on 16 June 1967 in Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England, UK.