Word: creams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...well-to-do independent oil producer, Alf Landon belonged to Phi Gamma Delta at University of Kansas in 1904-08. Fraternity records show that he got the ice cream course eliminated from the house menu, tried and failed to have only one orchestra instead of two hired for the spring lawn party, outlawed gambling in the chapter house, opposed motions to install a stein rack and to discontinue "Dr. Wilbur's Bible lessons." No niggard, however, Alf Landon gave the fraternity a cuspidor. No "Christer," he downed his beer with other members of Theta Nu Epsilon, oldtime campus drinking...
...Golden Arrow (Warner) is a minor comedy based upon the theory that a pressagent for a cosmetic company could make headlines by: 1) establishing a cafeteria cashier as a cold cream heiress; 2) grooming her to marry a European title; 3) publicizing her $30-a-week newshawk husband as ''the American Cinderella Man." This is Bette Davis' first film since she won an Academy award for acting in Dangerous (TIME, March 16)- a fact of which Warner Brothers made much use in their advertising. Although Miss Davis still can make her eyes pop and her lips droop...
...college, as had college men Knox, Hoover and Borah. Alf joined Phi Gamma Delta, the "rich boys fraternity" of his day at Kansas, and proceeded to make a reputation for himself of being stingy. He had the first tuxedo in town, yet be campaigned successfully to cut the ice cream course from the house menu. He fought hard to have only one orchestra instead of two at the spring lawn party, but failed...
...held back as much as possible, but her I. Q. is that of a 9-year-old. She is learning French so that next year she can make the foreign versions of her pictures. For lunch she has beef or chicken, vegetables, preceded by soup and followed by ice cream or canned pears, her favorite dessert. At 5:30 o'clock her day's work is over. She goes home, plays with her father, rehearses the next day's assignment and retires...
...revolutionized. From his modest job in a bank cage, he was elevated to manager of California Bank's branch at Washington Street and Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles. The bank showed a marked gain in children's savings accounts. Last week he was transferred to the more pretentious cream-colored branch at Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards. Mrs. Temple, who devotes all her time to Shirley, is dark and taller than her husband. Mr. Temple, short, plump and dimpled, looks more like his daughter. Consequently, he is considered responsible for her genius, receives occasional offers from ladies who feel that...