Word: auguste
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Given a separate trial, Mrs. Muench was acquitted of the kidnapping (TIME, Oct. 21, 1935), but her troubles were far from over. In August 1935, six weeks before her trial, she had announced that she had given birth to a son, "a gift from God in my time of distress." Remarkable to newshawks was Mrs. Muench's child-bearing at the age of 42 after 23 years of childless married life. When Dr. Muench, who is not an obstetrician, declared he was the attending physician at the birth, the press began to investigate. Soon they found an unwed Pennsylvania...
Many a blue nebula has been discovered, shining by light from a hot blue star. If the reflection theory is correct, red nebulae should also exist, with comparatively cool red stars as illuminators. Last August Russian-born, dimple-chinned Director Otto Struve of Yerkes Observatory announced discovery of the first known red nebula. It fans out from the red super giant star Antares to a distance of about two quadrillion miles...
...members and guests of Manhattan's year-old Opera Guild swept last week into the old Metropolitan Opera House for the second "at home" in its history. Edward Johnson, the "Met's" affable general manager, welcomed them, introduced the company's new artists. Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of the Guild, disclosed that it had gained 500 new members since this time last year, pledged the Opera 25% more support. Rose Bampton sang two Strauss lieder. Radio Announcer Graham McNamee made arch announcements for a burlesque of opera in 2000 A. D. wherein Dancer Paul Draper, as "Gohengrin...
...Johnson's first season. Gossips were equally amazed at the support young matrons and businessmen were giving him. Hundreds, by asking attendants the way to the bar and washrooms, revealed that this was their first visit to the Opera House. For this new contingent, lively, white-haired Mrs. August Belmont was chiefly responsible. As Actress Eleanor Robson at the old Empire Theatre she used to hurry across the street from her performances and buy standing room at the Opera House. All her life she has kept her interest in the Metropolitan, three years ago became the first woman...
Among those seeking justice at the august bar of the U. S. Supreme Court fortnight ago was a string of automobile accessory stores doing business under the corporate name, "The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe and Jack of California." The Pep Boys wanted to overthrow California's so-called Fair Trade Act, which forces retailers to maintain the price of trademarked goods at levels fixed by manufacturers. Challenged at the same time by other appellants was a similar Illinois statute. In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court turned down the Pep Boys, held that such price-maintenance legislation by states...