Word: aileen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...AILEEN F. UPHAM...
...water spectacle, which he named BILLY ROSE'S AQUACADE, the velvet-eyed little showman hired a handful of aquatic stars including Johnny ("Tarzan") Weissmuller, Eleanor Holm Jarrett, who is at home with either water or champagne. Divers Aileen Riggin and Dick Degener and Stubby Kreuger, the diving clown. A floating stage 160 ft. wide, equipped with diving towers, was built in a shipyard and towed into place on the lake front by six tugs. While the Aquacade was going on, the stage was to be 60 ft. offshore from the block-long casino whence 4,000 spectators could watch...
...appointed West Point postmistress by President Polk, served for 49 years. Her mother was born at West Point. Her father, Lieut. Henry Moore Harrington, graduated from the Academy in 1872, was killed with General George Armstrong Custer at the Little Big Horn. For kindly, plain-faced Spinster Grace Aileen Harrington this distinguished ancestry brought its reward: appointment as West Point postmistress...
Jurywoman Mrs. Aileen Maguire, life-long friend of the Judge, cried out, "I refuse to sign any such libel! What's the use of impanelling a jury if it has no discretion?" Later she said that the jury had stood ten to two in favor of Mrs. Gavin...
Unmoved by the outburst, Judge Buck said, "Aileen, you had better sit down...