Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rape of the Mace." Almost too much for British editors was this desecration of the Mace. The august Time's editorial, "The Rape of the Mace" was an attempt at urbanity but the editor of the Daily Telegraph (Conservative) let himself go completely, openly deplored the presence of Rules Chairman Snell and other U. S. Congressmen* in the Gallery of the House when the sacrilege occurred. The distracted Telegraph said: "One hopes they understand that the Mace in no sense represents the authority of the Crown. It is purely a parliamentary symbol representing the determination of the Speaker to uphold...
...York); to Audrey James Coats, London society beauty, widow of Dudley Coats, daughter of Mrs. Willie James who was an illustrious hostess in London and a close friend of Edward VII. The present Mrs. Marshall (Evelyn Marshall) Field III is in Reno, expecting a divorce early in August. Last week, Capt. Field made his first solo airplane flight, at Roosevelt Field, L. I.; flew 20 minutes, landed four times...
Said Edgar Albert ("Eddie") Guest, rhymester, in an article for the August American Magazine: "If you're a visitor in our home, you may look to see me kiss her [Mrs. Nellie Grossman Guest] good-bye in the morning and kiss her again when I come home at night. I'll give her a hug and a whirl around the room and ask her how the day has gone...
Another Mickey Mouse fan is Ireland's venerable sage "AE" (George Russell), who once gravely reviewed these hilarious animated cartoons in his august (now defunct) review The Irish Statesman. In Berlin last week a solemn German censor sat down to view that grand old strip of celluloid Mickey Mouse in the Trenches. Afterward, still owl-solemn, he ruled as follows: "The wearing of German military helmets by an army of cats which oppose a militia of mice is offensive to national dignity. Permission to exhibit this production in Germany is refused...
...Married. August Heckscher, 81, Manhattan zinc tycoon, philanthropist; and a Mrs. Virginia Curtiss, 55, of Greenwich, Conn.; at Croton-on-Hudson...