Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mayor LaGuardia of New York celebrated the first birthday party of that lustily kicking baby, the Progressive Party, by dealing a typically LaGuardian blow right in the spot where the United States should feel of most. In his radio address this Mayor made the perennially startling statement that the only practical way out of the country's present economic difficulties is to amend the Constitution...
Died. Bernard J. Douras, 82, retired New York City magistrate, father of Film Actress Marion Davies and three other daughters; in Beverly Hills, Calif. His death caused cancellation of a huge costume party planned at Miss Davies' home in honor of William Randolph Hearst's 72nd birthday...
...took his place, and close to him his good old friend, Dr. Frederick Ludwig Hoffman, Prudential's longtime consultant on vital statistics. Dr. Hoffman, a frail and fretful oldster, fidgeted as he ate and drank. For President Duffield had scheduled the banquet as Dr. Hoffman's 70th birthday party. It was a special salute to him, and a farewell. He had passed his company's age limit and, willynilly, was retired...
...birthday his daughters sent him Scotch whiskey, which he likes to drink after midnight. His Prudential friends also gave him something he yearned for- a light tan suitcase banded with bright red stripes. Red is his obsession. Red are his ties, red the flowers he sends Mrs. Hoffman (she pays the florist), red the dresses he prefers women to wear. Earliest appearance of the obsession: first time he saw Mrs. Hoffman, she was leaning over the white gate of her home at Americus, Ga., wearing a red calico dress...
...repeat, testimonials in addition to those written by Copey's pupils must seem futile. But the CRIMSON takes pride in joining the celebration of the birthday of a man who, despite the varied demands of an active career, has always given successive CRIMSON boards the benefits of his interest and advice...