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...that a "candlefish is a small fish of the smelt family, used by the Pacific Coast Indians for its oil. The oil burns readily and very brightly and has a terrible odor." Runner-up in popularity to Gerard on the two programs so far is 13-year-old Van Dyke Tiers. Pacing right along, last week Van Dyke showed his speed by fully explaining PK4 (a chess term). Thirteen-year-old Mary Ann Anderson, a high scorer on the first program, placed fourth on the second quiz. Mary Ann was asked to identify the term FM (frequency modulation), quipped...
Married. Bryan Wallace, British scenarist, son of the late thriller-author, Edgar Wallace; and Wydoline Van Dyke Jones of Columbus, Ohio; in Rome. Because the State Department would not give her a passport to go to England, they had to go to Italy to meet and marry...
...Hrdlicka still said No. Commentator Hooton changed his metaphor: "It now begins to appear that the perennial heroism of one Dutch boy at the dyke is likely to prove insufficient to stop the in creasing trickles of fossil man through the geological defenses...
Another Thin Man (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Made as a quickie in 14 days by Producer Hunt Stromberg and Director W. S. Van Dyke II, the first Thin Man revealed some surprising facts...
Diplomatist. "Given to duty and very clever in carrying it out," was the way Fisherman-Essayist Henry van Dyke described Queen Wilhelmina in the days when he was U. S. Minister to her court...