Word: affair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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State Opens. All twelve jurors had sworn that they had formed no prejudgment on the 20th Century's most fantastic murder case. One amazing prospective juror was found who confessed that he had never heard of the Hauptmann-Lindbergh affair, indeed did not even know for what case he had been called. He was challenged by the defense for "terrible lack of intelligence," excused...
...suggested that the Federal Government might pay 30% of the cost of labor and materials for projects of chief benefit only to local communities; a larger proportion as the measurable general benefits increased; and 100% of the construction cost when the benefits to be derived were ... a national affair...
...stripling named O. Z. Whitehead, who was nominating somebody for something in the Tenth Assembly District. Barbara Hutton Mdivani. Doris Duke and Gloria Baker came in for some stern kidding in a ribald song. Imogene Coca made a sprightly and naughty Salvation Army lassie. Meeting at a Girl Scout affair, Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Roosevelt had some acid things to say to each other...
...Fisticuffer Harry Krakow ("King Levinsky"),* onetime Chicago fish-peddler, 1934 was a miserable year. In January his sister & manager, "Leaping Lena" Levinsky, divorced her husband in order to have more time to run her brother's affairs. In March he was thrashed by German Walter Neusel. In May, he went to a hospital, for a minor breakdown. In August, he married one Rosie Glickman ("Roxanne Carmine"), World's Fair fan dancer. A month later, Rosie Glickman sued King Levinsky for divorce because he hit her on the jaw. Last month, King Levinsky was matched to fight a four...
...would seem proper to inquire whether or not he had the authority of the Student Council for his actions subsequent to the original count. It would also be interesting to inquire just what Mr. Gibbs, originally co-responsible, had to do. If anything, with recounting, publicizing, and justifying the affair...