Word: cancelations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Victor Alexander John Hope, Marquess of Linlithgow, Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Aithrie and Baron Hope sprained his ankle last week. The accident obliged him to cancel all engagements "involving standing or walking." But he was still able to talk, and for many weeks he had promised a most important announcement in his official capacity-Viceroy of India. Last week the lame Lord Linlithgow made his statement. It turned out to be lame...
...before the 18 months were up, Mrs. Rolph had War Glory examined, was told he was suffering from a streptococcic infection of the genitals. Posthaste she notified all owners whose mares were at her ranch waiting to be serviced by War Glory, wired Mrs. Carreaud that she wished to cancel her contract. Mrs. Car reaud promptly shipped War Glory to Los Angeles, had her own tests made. The reports gave him a clean bill of health...
...minute last January, Boss Edward Hull Crump was Mayor of Memphis, Tenn. His sole official act was to cancel his city's invitation to the American Newspaper Guild to hold its seventh annual convention in Memphis. Said Boss Crump: "You will not be welcome...
There will be no Davis Cup, no Wightman Cup, no Wimbledon matches this summer. It is the war. But what shocked U. S. tennis fans last week was the announcement that Boston's Longwood Cricket Club had been forced to cancel its tournament, for nearly half a century a major tune-up for the national championships. Reason: aristocratic Longwood can no longer afford to pay America's top-ranking amateurs (most of whom come from California) the "expenses" they demand for appearing in tournaments...