Word: ens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them, the heroine (Genevieve Tobin), proves to be innocent. The other (Betty Compson) is trapped by a handsome Rumanian officer (Ivan Lebedeff). The fact that Ivan Lebedeff speaks very poor English has been disguised by setting the action in Rumania which, with Bohemia, is usually selected as the mise en scene for cinemas in which the actors are linguistically deficient...
...scoured the city for red lights. When the big night arrived, only a handful of upper-classmen were pres- ent, a group so small that the gathering would have been a complete failure had it not been for the presence of the whole Freshman Class, which had turned out en masse for their first--and last--college football rally. The members of the team, grouped together like so many rubber plants, were seated on a stage at the end of the hall, together with several fiendishly loyal and enthusiastic old "H" men, who glowered at the meager group of undergraduates...
Down steep Art Hill in St. Louis's Forest Park last week went vanloads of crated sculpture. Forty of the works of Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles-ranked by many a critic as greatest in the generation following Rodin-were en route to the second stop on their U. S. tour: St. Louis to Detroit, to Cleveland, to Toledo, to Brooklyn. They will tarry in the art museums of each city about six weeks. Never before have art lovers in the U. S. had the chance of so long or so extensive a look at Milles' handiwork. In fact...
Norwegians recalled planes and ships en route for Nautilus rescue, and voiced their vexation at the expense which troubled explorers cause other people. It was suggested that henceforth all Polar expeditions be required to post enough money to pay for rescue expeditions...
...alike have found in rail bonds a safe haven for their money and a fair return thereon. But the Depression of today by its length and severity has shattered the standards of other times, undermined the confidence of generations. Quick cause for this undermining came when the railroads appealed en masse last winter to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 15% increase in freight rates, on the ground that unless this was granted their revenue would fall so low the maintenance of their properties would be jeopardized...