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Word: bettye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because, 1) she is the U. S. women's champion, and 2) Helen Wills Moody decided that she would not "have time" to defend her title at Wimbledon last week, Betty Nuthall was the favorite to win the British Women's Championship. Her chief competitors were Helen Jacobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Wimbledon | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

When Betty Nuthall came up against Mrs. Harper their match was almost a repetition of the one Betty Nuthall had won at Forest Hills. The Californian got a lead of 3-1 in the first set, thereafter was outplayed and lost 6-4, 6-2 Waiting to play her quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Wimbledon | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

Lover Come Back (Columbia). When Cinemactress Betty Bronson appeared as Peter Pan six years ago, she surprised admirers of Maude Adams by making a success comparable to Miss Adams's. Last year she temporarily retired from the screen, went on a vaudeville tour.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 15, 1931 | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

The arguments, predictions, plans and surprises which precede the big tennis tournaments of the season?starting with the British championship at Wimbledon June 22?began last week in Paris where Jean Borotra was engaged in winning the French hard court singles championship; at South Orange, N. J., where U. S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Court Bulletin | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

She spoke volubly of her and her husband's affairs: "Charges accusing Jim of political discrepancy are about as ridiculous as rumors of his association with Betty Compton [British-born musicomedienne with whom the Mayor's name has been repeatedly coupled]. . . . The Compton affair is not worth commenting upon. Everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scandals of New York (Cont'd) | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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