Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last March the Pickford-Parsons friendship struck a reef because Miss Pickford had begun paying real money ($1,000 to $3,000) for guest appearances on her "Parties at Pickfair" program in the interest of National Ice Advertisers Inc. "Lolly"' Parsons threatened to blackball anyone who showed up at "Parties at Pickfair." This epic controversy was terminated when the Pickford program went off the air. Meanwhile, under the guidance of famed Radio Producer William ("Bill") Bacher, a onetime dentist, with Crooner Dick Powell and "Lolly" Parsons as continuing talent, Campbell's clambake goes serenely...
...Hull House, who wore a pale-grey morning coat and grey topper, and looked as if he were on his way to the races at Ascot. Said the Dominion's real No. 1 man: "Today we are indebted to your visit for yet another symbol of international peace, friendship and goodwill. In the three centuries and more of Canadian history, this ancient capital has known but two flags, the French and the British. Today, Mr. President, in your honor and in honor of our great and friendly neighbor, the flag of the United States is flying over the Citadel...
...German Government's decision is at once an act of friendship to Italy and an example of intelligent European policy. It serves also to point the rational way whereby, without any need ot diplomatic contortion and useless controversies, it is possible to solve practically and in a form satisfactory to everyone the problem of the Italian fait accompli in East Africa...
...called him "Hen Opp," prosperous Mr. Oppenheimer soon began to acquire majolica, medals, coins, intaglios, objects of antique Greek and Roman art. In 1912 "Hen Opp" laid the keel of his collection of Old Masters' sketches when he made an extensive purchase from the Heseltine collection. Cultivating the friendship of art experts like the National Gallery's Director Sir Charles Holmes, who could never understand how "a man of such essential goodness could have amassed a fortune in the City," Collector Oppenheimer became himself an expert. For his own collection, he bought nothing but famed, time-honored drawings...
...Your frontier is our frontier! . . . One of the realities of which my British compatriots sometimes lose sight is that friendship between Britain and France is not a question of sentiment or even of choice. There still are today many Englishmen who are so blind in their prejudices that they sincerely believe Britain entered the War from sheer kindness of heart, solely in order to aid her friends, the French. We entered the War because our vital interests were at stake and because our lives were endangered. We must stand together in a defense of our common civilization against barbarism...