Word: faces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleasantly enough. Mickey Rooney handles most of the comedy and turns in an excellent performance, although his girl friend is pretty terrible to lok at. At times this picture borders on the hilarious, but towards the end it gets pretty well tied up in the predicaments Mr. Barrymore must face in order to ensure the welfare of his town, his family, and himself. "A Family Affair" forms a nice appetizer or demi-tasse (depending on where you come in) to the major offering...
...Navy Aerological School 500 yd. away, the rescuers charged into the control cabin and the passenger quarters. As one observer put it: "Those boys dived into the flames like dogs after rabbits!" Someone found Captain Lehmann, his clothes frizzled to the skin in back, his hair ablaze, his face rutted with third-degree burns, wandering about babbling: "Das versteh' ich nicht!" (I don't understand it) over & over. Another led out Captain Pruss, his clothes mostly gone, his lips like two roasted sausages. A naked man, broiled yellow, staggered out, murmured, "I'm all right," fell dead...
...bereaved families with a gift of $12,000. General Goring declared: "We men of German aviation will till show the world that the idea and the enterprising spirit of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin are upheld. . . . We bow to God's will and at the same time we face the uture with an unbending will and passionate hearts...
...sturdy old Graf, which arrived the day after the tragedy in Frankfort from Rio de Janeiro, carrying 23 passengers. She was promptly grounded by the Reich. Having read full reports from Lakehurst, Dr. Eckener announced: "There must be no more flying with hydrogen. We must make an about face. We must use helium...
...interested people like General Smuts, is that tinkering with the price of gold is tinkering with currency. The European bankers, well aware that New Deal has been known to tinker with its currency, departed from Basle last week unconvinced that Washington's denials could be taken at face value...