Word: birthdays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...formed an Academy of Music, put him in charge, greeted him so exuberantly that he played the piano for the populace from a balcony. Like an aged Byron he continued to have love affairs, during one of which he was almost shot. Finally in honor of his approaching 75th birthday he went on a final grand tour. As it had when he was 20, Paris greeted him hysterically. This time London, too, was cordial; Victoria invited him to Windsor Castle. All Europe held concerts in his honor. On his way from Luxembourg to Bayreuth to hear Tristan a honeymooning couple...
Last week the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot, celebrating its 80th birthday, held a drawing for cash prizes, proposed to publicize the winners in a splash of goodwill advertising. Winner of the $1,000 capital prize: Mildred Rosebud Baturin. Ruefully the Patriot paid $1,000 to Mildred Rosebud Baturin, associate society editor of the rival Harrisburg Telegraph...
...sunny day last week New York City's Police Commissioner John Francis O'Ryan celebrated his 60th birthday. Same day Rubel Ice Corp., operating 40 distributing plants throughout the city, was making backpage news on the ground that the firm had refused to sell small ice peddlers short lots. Next day Rubel Ice Corp. was on Page 1 of every paper in the land, and Commissioner O'Ryan had received a most unwelcome birthday pres...
...cheerless birthday party took place in white-haired Commissioner O'Ryan's office. An oldtime militiaman, John Francis O'Ryan joined New York's smart 7th Regiment in 1897, was abruptly promoted from major to major general commanding all State troops in 1912. In 1916 he led the New York national guardsmen to the Mexican border, two years later went to France at the head of the 27th Division. He served with distinction, was the only militiaman to retain his command of a division throughout the War. His men selected for their divisional insignia a starry arm-patch supposed...
...Film Corp. used the same song in Shirley Temple's Baby, Take a Bow and in a newsreel shot of President Roosevelt's last birthday. For permission to use it Fox paid a total...