Word: chelseas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result of the controversy if aroused after its first production by the Group Theatre in New York, in January, 1935, "Waiting for Lefty" was banned ostensibly because of its profanity in Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven, Dorchester, Chelsea, and Roxbury...
...27th Chelsea Arts Ball (the first since 1938) was a blockbuster-Britain's noisiest, rowdiest and most splendidly raucous big binge since the war. For the evening, austere Britons removed the pipes from their mouths and dressed themselves as anything, from Roman invaders to the Marx brothers. The ladies favored near-nudity, though a handful of sartorial reactionaries came in 18th Century court dress. One man, recently returned from Washington war chores, just wore a seersucker suit with a red sash and a blinding orange tie he had been given by U.S. Steel President Ben Fairless...
...labor leader, Atlantic City was filled with memories. In the President Hotel, John Lewis and his followers had plotted their great rebellion in 1935 against the A.F.L. and laid the foundation of a rival C.I.O. In the tarnished ballroom of the Chelsea Hotel, John had given the carpenters' Bill Hutcheson a punch on the jaw (1935). In the same room, in 1940, John resigned the presidency of C.I.O. and Phil Murray mournfully became his successor. Murray had no reason now to feel any happier about...
Lloyd's issued the first insurance policy against squatters last week, when Greenhill & Powell, estate agents, insured their flats in Chelsea-which they had just renovated to the tune of ?23,000-against squatter damage. The terms were stiff-?75 for three months to cover up to ?5,000 damage...
Twenty-five wounded veterans from the Chelsea Naval Hospital will be guests of the Committee, and an equal number of Radcliffe girls and Wacs will go as dates for the disabled...