Word: gate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Francisco's Golden Gate Fair: Norway's Crown Prince Olav, who slipped his tongue, extolled Los Angeles; Harold Lloyd; Walter Damrosch...
...Whose total attendance, 20 days after opening, passed San Francisco's Golden Gate Fair...
...Francisco Golden Gate Fair: Mrs. Philip Knight Wrigley in a $5,000 trailer; egg-bald Cinema Comedian Guy Kibbee; Collier's Editor William Ludlow Chenery; one J. J. Jeejeeboy...
...Francisco's Golden Gate Fair: ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith was proclaimed Mayor of Treasure Island. Cracked he: "What we need in this country is good old-fashioned 'come-outside-and-put-me-out' Americanism." Others: Congressman Martin Dies (to harangue a patriotic meeting), Diva Grace Moore, Shirley Temple and parents...
...Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition had other tribulations. It needs to average 87,000 visitors a day to break even. In the three months it has been running, it has averaged only 33,610. Last week it borrowed another $750,000, bringing to $3,250,000 its borrowings from banks and industry in addition to $6,000,000 subscribed by loyal Californians. It was clear something had to be done. It was. Plump, pompous Chief Director Harris De Haven Connick, who had held his $17,500 job for over a year, was fired...