Word: evan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born. To Cinemactor Bing Crosby and Mrs. Dixie Lee Crosby; twin sons; in Hollywood. Another son, Gary Evan, is 13 months...
...husband were banned from the opera company and "life was made a Hell for us." And many another old Chicago star last week chimed a similar story. ¶ After an investigation of the receiver ship of Insull Utility Investments, Inc. (since lapsed into bankruptcy), Federal Judge Evan Alfred Evans of Chicago last week ruled that Calvin Fentress had been appointed receiver by collusion between Insull and his big bank creditors. He approved the conduct of Mr. Fentress and his attorneys but denied them further fees, blazing: "As it was conducted in 1929 the investment trust was nothing but a glorified...
...second-rate singer who flattered him, though a child could have told him not to take a chance, he did, with disastrous results. Disillusioned, middle-aged but still far from sophisticated, Dr. Haaska met Nurse Gay in the army. They hit it off well till Artist Evan happened along; then they all had a bad time. Of the three, aging Dr. Haaska came off best...
...Bohemian creed is horrified and she tries to break it up. But youth wins out. Aging Victoria shrugs her shoulders, says: "It seems you are all I have left, Fanny." ¶Because Emily was a rich man's daughter, she might look kindly on young Clerk Evan but she had to marry in hw own class. She took Evan as her lover, however, later on, and did her considerable best to help him up in the world. When her husband died she made her child legitimate by marrying the father. Evan was an able fellow, with women as well...
...Duff" Duffield was graduated the same year as the late Author Jesse Lynch Williams, the late Georgia Publisher Boudre Phinizy, Alonzo Church, vice-chancellor of New Jersey, Dr. Evan Evans, rich Manhattan physician. Lawyer Theodore Wilson Morris Jr., partner of Democrat John William Davis, and Varnum Lansing ("Wilkie") Collins, Princeton's Secretary. "Duff" was celebrated for an oration called "Scotch Granite," extolling Princeton's early President John Witherspoon. With generous gestures and booming voice, he delivered "Scotch Granite" whenever asked, passing it off many a time as extemporaneous. Because Edward Duffield's large bulk was mounted heavily upon large feet...