Speed Kings (43 page)

death of,
257
–63,
265
–66

Dewey's antagonism toward,
149
,
151
–56

at Dillon, Read & Company,
218
,
221

education of,
12
,
146
–47,
195
,
205
,
273

family background of,
6
–7

fast cars driven by,
3
–6,
147
,
246
,
250
,
273

Hollywood production company of,
201
–205,
218

marriage of Rose and,
221

memorial service for,
265
–68

in 1928 Winter Olympics,
14
,
82
–86,
89
–94,
171
,
195

in 1932 Winter Olympics,
116
,
148
–49,
152
–57,
164
,
166
,
171
,
173
–79,
182
,
183
,
185
,
187
–92,
211
,
265
,
272
,
195

and 1936 Winter Olympics,
208
–11

posthumous honors for,
273
–74

in RAF,
224
,
225
,
226
,
228
–40,
242
,
243
–55

romances of,
198
–99,
205
,
215
–19

Satan bobsled of,
50
,
52
–53

travels of,
12
–13,
195
–201

Fiske, Peggy (Billy's sister),
6
,
84
,
196
,
201
,
205
,
218
,
238
,
266
,
268

and Billy's enlistment in RAF,
229
–32,
236
–37

birth of,
7

childhood of,
9
–10

in Nazi Berlin,
211

romance, marriage and divorce of Jennison Heaton and,
55
,
82
,
148
,
269

in St. Moritz,
26
,
51

Fiske, Phineas,
7

Fiske, Rose Bingham (Billy's wife),
240
,
244
,
246
,
248
,
252
,
253
,
255

and Billy's death,
260
–63

and Billy's RAF enlistment and flight training,
229
,
233
–29

death of,
268

divorce of Greville and,
218
,
221

first marriage of,
216
–17

marriage of Billy and,
221

at memorial service for Billy,
265
–68

in New York,
194
,
217
–18,
227
,
230

volunteer ambulance corps plan of,
231
,
232

Fiske, W. L. M., I (Billy's grandfather),
6
–7

Fiske, W. L. M., II (Billy's father),
6
–13,
26
,
51
,
55
,
82
,
147
,
197
,
213
,
236
,
237
,
261
,
266
,
273

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
43
,
71

Fleischmann, Julius,
42
–48

Fleischmann, Lilly,
43
–44

Fleming, Major Philip,
153

Floto, Otto,
127
–29

Flynn, Errol,
217
,
272
–73

Flynn, “Fireman” Jim,
127

Flynn, T. J.,
206
,
216
,
274

Fonjallaz, René,
170
–71,
189
,
220
,
272

Forrestal, James,
9

Fox, John Donna,
208
,
209

France,
7
,
10
,
11
,
13
,
45
,
46
,
90
,
100
,
146
,
219

resorts in,
100
(
see also
French Riviera)

in Second World War,
226
,
236
,
238
,
244
,
251

Winter Olympics team of,
87
,
93
,
163
,
174

Francis, Owen,
219

Franks, Harry,
134
,
138

Fraser, Lady Charlotte,
268

French Riviera,
3
–6,
48
,
49
,
230
,
246

Fuller, E. M.,
33

Gable, Clark,
270

Garbo, Greta,
217

Garren, Jack,
208
,
209

Germany,
10
,
153

Nazi,
see
Nazis

1928 Winter Olympics team of,
57
,
86

1932 Winter Olympics team of,
157
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
168
,
170
,
174
,
183
,
186
–87,
220

post–First World War economy of,
10
–11,
170

in Second World War,
71
,
226
,
228
,
234
–36,
238
,
244
,
247
–48,
250
–56

Gershwin, George,
70

Gestapo,
220
,
273

Goering, Hermann,
255

Gold Cup,
26
,
83

Gordon, Vivian,
177

Gould, Mrs. Frank J.,
25

Grace, William Russell,
30
,
31

Grainger, David,
84
–85

Gramajo, Arturo,
24
,
55
,
86
,
91
,
93

Grant, Cary,
203
–4

Grau, Fritz,
163
,
183
,
189
, 1990

Gray, Clifford “Tippy,”
72
–79,
116
,
148
,
179
,
195
,
215
,
227
,
238
,
270

birth of,
72
,
74
–75

British songwriter Clifford Grey confused with,
63
–66,
72
–74,
79
,
270

Dewey's antagonism toward,
116
,
149
,
155
–56

in 1928 Winter Olympics,
64
,
79
,
82
,
85
,
86
,
92

in 1932 Winter Olympics,
64
,
148
,
157
,
178
,
179
,
187
,
189
–91,
245

and 1936 Winter Olympics,
208
–11

show business career of,
74
–78

Great Crash of 1929,
9
,
78
,
111
,
170

Great Depression,
98
,
111
,
145
,
177

Great Neck (Long Island),
29
,
71

Green, Paddy,
205
,
206
,
217
,
219
,
220
,
273

Green, W. G.,
257

Grey, Clifford,
61
,
62
,
63
–74,
76
,
79
,
270

Olympic bobsledder Clifford Gray confused with,
63
–66,
72
–74,
79
,
270

Grey, Dorothy “Babs” (Clifford's step-daughter),
64
–65,
73

Grey, Dorothy Gould (Clifford's wife),
67
,
68
,
70

Grey, Jill (Clifford's daughter),
64
–65

Grey, June (Clifford's daughter),
63
–65,
73

Grossmith, George, Jr.,
67

Grosvenor, Lord Edward,
220

Gudenus, Count Baptist,
169

Gyssling, Georg,
170
,
220

Hachmann, Erwin,
187
–88

Haffenden, Maurice,
257

Hanson brothers,
65

Harrow School,
17

Harvard University,
8
,
106

Law School,
135
,
185

Hawks, Howard,
201

Healey, “Big” Tim,
120
–21

Hearst, William Randolph,
71

Heaton, Jack,
26
,
54
–55,
59
,
152
,
153
,
191
,
214

in Bobsleigh Derby,
82
–84,
91

death of,
269

in 1928 Winter Olympics,
85
–86,
90

in 1932 Winter Olympics,
182
–83

world travels of Billy and,
195
–200

Heaton, Jennison,
26
,
54
–55,
59
,
206
,
231
,
238

in 1928 Winter Olympics,
85
–86,
90
,
91
,
93

romance, marriage and divorce of Peggy Fiske and,
55
,
82
,
148
,
269

Heaton, Trowbridge,
26
,
54
–55,
59

Hege, Louis van,
164
,
178

Hemingway, Ernest,
74

Heminway, Laura Hylan,
see
O'Brien, Dolly

Henie, Sonja,
94
,
174
,
181

Hildebrand, Joel Henry,
210

Hillman, Edward, Jr.,
270

Hine, Lyman,
84

Hitler, Adolf,
211
,
213
,
214
,
225
,
226
,
234
,
240
,
248
,
272

Holcomb, Steve,
53
–54,
166
–67,
189

Holdstock, Tom,
134

Homburger, Hank,
144
,
165
,
168
,
171
,
176
,
195
,
208

course record set by,
152
,
155
,
178
,
184

death of,
272

Dewey's advocacy of,
150
–52,
154
–55

in 1932 Winter Olympics,
155
–57,
181
,
183
–84,
186
,
187
,
189
–91

at site of German crash,
162
–63

in Olympic trials,
154

Hood, Betty,
164

Hoover, Herbert,
171

Hope, Archie,
239
–40,
244
–46,
254
,
256
,
258
–60,
273

Hope, Bob,
70

Hopmann, Helmut,
163

Hopsicker, Peter,
104
,
112

Horlick, William,
8

Horton, Ed,
150

Horton, H. L.,
32

Houben, Max,
178
,
189
,
272

Howard, Brian,
136
–37

Howse, Mel,
274

Hulks, Henry,
138

Huxley, Aldous,
1

India,
140

Inter-Allied Games,
131
–32

Interlaken,
56

International Bobsledding and Tobogganing Federation,
115
–16,
151
,
156
,
170
,
187
–88

International Olympic Committee (IOC),
86
,
96
,
112
,
157
,
212

founding of,
56

Olympic host cities chosen by,
108
–9,
111
,
115
,
174

twenty-four-hour window after official close of games permitted by,
184
,
188

unpopular decisions of,
88
,
90
,
91

International Skating Federation,
88

International Society of Olympic Historians,
66
,
72

International Week of Winter Sports,
57

Irish Parliamentary Fund Association,
30

Italy,
11
,
57
,
140
,
215
–16

1932 Winter Olympics team of,
163
,
164
,
174
,
186

Jaffee, Irving,
87
–90,
176
,
191
,
211
–12,
272

Janeway, Eliot,
9

Japan,
57
,
201

1932 Winter Olympics team of,
145
,
174

Jenks, Jeremiah,
103

Jewish National Council,
113

Jews,
87
,
211
–14

discrimination against,
8
,
103
–6,
113
–14,
149

Kearns, Jack,
127
–28

Jones, George,
257
–58,
273

Kaufman, G. B.,
207

Kelly, Barbara Tyrell,
111
,
164

Kelly, Eugenia,
33
–34

Kelly, Helen,
see
Princess Vlora