Word: eves
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...swarmed into his Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. First hint that Dr. Townsend was more than a simple, pious figurehead came last March when shrewd young Robert Earl Clements, cofounder, national secretary and working boss of Old Age Revolving Pensions, suddenly resigned from the organization on the eve of his appearance before a special House investigating committee (TIME, April 6). It was then revealed that Dr. Townsend had been made violently jealous by public recognition of young Mr. Clement's real importance in OARP. The resulting split left the oldster undisputed master of the movement. Meantime anecdotes began circulating...
...they intend to swindle. When the young couple marry they are disinherited, undergo progressive misfortunes until they end up in a Pennsylvania barn. The crooks pull a robbery for which Young goes to jail. Not until the end of the film does the dreamy Runyon touch appear. On Christmas Eve in a manger near Bethlehem, Pa., the amiable criminal, who happens to be an ex-doctor (Raymond Walburn), delivers the young wife of a baby while the hard-boiled member of the gang (Bruce Cabot) meltingly gives up the stolen bonds to get her husband out of prison...
...welcome commonplace which provides income of $50 to $150 per case. To the average U. S. family it is an economic and emotional problem which occurs two or three times in a life span. To every nubile woman it still evokes the Lord's words to sinful Eve: "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. In sorrow thou shall bring forth children...
Last week the Christian Science Monitor issued a 16-page supplement devoted almost entirely to that great new Cunard White Star liner, the Queen Mary, on the eve of her maiden voyage to the U. S. (May 27). Surrounded in the supplement by many an advertisement were pictures and stories describing the ship in detail. Notably abbreviated, however, was the Monitor's report on the Queen Mary's religious facilities: ''The drawing room, on the promenade deck, will be the Queen Mary's church on Sunday...
...KING BEWARE!-Honore Morrow-Morrow ($2.50). A tireless historical romancer spins out an ambitious tale of love and politics against the turbulent background of George Ill's court on the eve of the American Revolution. For those who like to think that historical conflicts arise largely out of misunderstanding...