Word: del
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American Embassy will give a reception on Monday and on the following day a dinner and reception will be tendered to Mrs. Hearst by the Princess Del Drago. On Wednesday the Princess Altiri will be her hostess at dinner...
Died. Raphael Cardinal Merry del Val, 64, secretary of the Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office, Prefect of the Congregation of the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter's, Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica, famed (1903-14) as Papal Secretary of State; of heart failure after an appendectomy; in Rome. His death leaves 28 Italian, 29 non-Italian Cardinals. He was born in London where his father (later to be Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See) was attached to the Spanish Legation. On his Protestant mother's side he was of English descent, but, true son of his father...
...Wilmington, Del., last week from the test field for Bellanca planes, George Haldeman lifted his stock Bellanca Pacemaker, powered with a Wright Whirlwind 300 h. p. motor. He was in the air for 1 hr. 16 min. During that time he had hoisted his ship to a new commercial plane altitude record of 33,500 feet. The previous record was 25,700 feet...
...scored fifth although she had made but one sound-synchronized picture, no talking pictures, had appeared less frequently than her rivals. That the Garbo popularity is increasing is attested by the fact that in 1928 she failed to be among the five lead ers ? Bow, Moore, Dove, Daniels, Del...
Died. John J. McGrane, 80, railroader, jeweler, real estate developer, Papal Knight of St. Gregory the Great; in Manhattan. Adviser to Cardinals Merry del Val, Bisleti, Gasparri (see p. 23), he was decorated by Popes Leo XIII, Pius X, Benedict...