Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scornful J. B. and overfattened France grow solicitous of the Bear, who no longer needs them. A year ago these "civilized" democracies (?) discussed using a pound of Bear flesh for appeasement meat. Hitler smacked his lips. The Ukraine! Sick, friendless and with Nippon gnawing his tail, the Bear bid fair to be devoured, and England would have agreed to the death and enslavement of the Russian people in exchange for some juicy trade to enrich England's already-too-rich ruling class...
...Soviets jerked the anti-Nazi motion picture Professor Mamlock from daily showings at the Russian World's Fair Pavilion, substituted Lenin in 1917, blandly explained that this was a routine change of program. At Coney Island, Park Policeman Thomas O'Connor saw Mrs. Ray Brodsky sitting on a piece of paper. When he warned her this counted as littering the beach, she called him a "Hitler." Brooklyn Magistrate D. Joseph de Andrea dismissed the charge but warned Mrs. Brodsky against calling anyone "Hitler." Prison wardens in New York, who feed inmates 51 ounces of meat a week, observed...
...World's Fair in New York, 34 staff members of the Rumanian Restaurant left for their country's colors, and without Neagu, Rumania's most famous chef (now to be an Army cook), the restaurant closed...
Weather, next to stomachs, is war's most basic consideration.* Six predictably fair weeks of Polish autumn lay ahead for action on the fat Polish plains. Then will come rains which the Poles hope will bog down the German juggernaut on the purposely unpaved roads leading in from the borders. In the mountain passes on the South soon will come General Snow to aid the defenders...
Scandals (conceived and produced by George White), first edition in four years of an old Broadway annual, is a testament to Producer George White's faith that hopped-up burlesque at revue prices will attract many a New York World's Fair visitor. Mr. White's show was tried out in Atlantic City last month, fumigated in Boston, and presented last week on Broadway at a $7.70 opening night top. Its reception indicated that Producer White's faith would not be too severely punished...