Word: ballroom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...evening last week German Ambassador Franz von Papen turned up at an official ball in Ankara, just as President Ismet Inönü arrived. While the band played the national anthem, Istiklal Ma-schi, and all the guests stood at attention, Ambassador von Papen tactlessly marched into the ballroom at the head of his delegation. Next morning he rushed off to Berlin, and Ankara buzzed with talk of German pressure on Turkey...
...Thee (lyrics by Alfred Hayes, music by Alex North, Al Moss, others; produced by Nat Lichtman) is a straining little revue in which there is so much stale beer, amateurishly brewed, that when a fair grade of theatrical champagne arrives it seems like Veuve Cliquot. Really sparkling is the ballroom dancing of Cappello & Beatrice...
Jammed into the ballroom of Omaha's Hotel Fontenelle, the United Lutherans re-elected their perennial president (he has held the job since the church was organized in 1918): precise, white-goateed Dr. Frederick Hermann Knubel, 70, of Manhattan. Dr. Knubel admitted he could swallow the articles of agreement only by "gulping." The United Lutherans, who think some parts of the Scripture more important than others, had to swallow hard too. But under Dr. Knubel's brisk leadership and spurred by their desire for unity, gulp them the United Lutherans...
...Management of the Totem Pole Ballroom in Norumbega Park, Auburn dale, announces a brand new plan of earning free passes for two people to the Ballroom...
Some of the Country's leading name bands have appeared at the Totem Pole ballroom. Mitchell Ayres, Bob Crosby Eddie Duchin, Gene Krupa, Sammy Kay and Guy Lombardo are among the orchestras who have played there. Will Bradley and his band is appearing at the ballroom this week...