Word: englander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. The Honorable Anne Wigram, 25, daughter of Lord Wigram, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle, longtime private secretary to George V ; and John Leslie Harvey, son of a British army officer; at Windsor, England. At the wedding, first held at Windsor Castle in 25 years, unseasonable snow stranded hundreds of guests...
...connoisseurs, the big current news is the latest U. S. visit of England's famed D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The late Richard D'Oyly Carte produced most of Gilbert & Sullivan originally. His son Rupert has preserved intact, to the last gesture and grace note, the traditions of his father's productions. On three previous American tours, Rupert D'Oyly Carte gave fastidious Gilbert & Sullivan fans a glimpse of Heaven. On his fourth visit he does not let them down...
Despite this heavy drain, the price of sterling remained steady-which was not surprising since England has lately taken far-reaching steps to bolster her money. First such step came three weeks ago when the British Government transferred at one fell swoop ?350,000,000 in gold from the Bank of England to the British Exchange Equalisation Fund, whose purpose is to control the price of sterling in the world's markets. This left the Bank of England in the weakest position in seven years, with gold holdings of ?223,000,000. At the old parity price...
Fortnight ago the Bank of England asked London commercial banks to put the brakes on the flow of English gold to the U. S. by not facilitating speculations in U. S. securities. Last week this caused substantial British liquidation of U. S. stocks...
...Spain Today and Tomorrow" will be the topic of a free public lecture at Harvard tonight by Professor E. Allison Peers, of the University of Liverpool, England, at Emerson Hall at 8 o'clock. The lecture is under the auspices of the Department of History and of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures...