Word: gold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attention turned to nine-month-old Prince Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, the dead Prince's son and next in line for the throne. Only the week before, Prince Carl had made his first official appearance when he granted audience to a French envoy and accepted a gold tumbler. Said Stockholm's Svenska Dagbladet approvingly: "Carl Gustaf acted with extreme dignity...
...China National Aviation Corp. DC-3 with 18 people aboard was long overdue on a flight to Chungking. In Colombia, another DC-3 airliner with 17 aboard disappeared on a flight to the Barranca Bermeja oilfields from Bogota. The bodies of four crew members and $2,000,000 in gold were recovered from a Philippine Airlines plane which crashed at Hong Kong. At Croydon Airport near London, twelve of 23 passengers were killed when another DC-3 crashed on takeoff...
...Blanket & the King. Karsh likes to highlight his sitters against simple settings, often an old grey army blanket pinned against the wall. When he photographed King George VI in London, the Buckingham Palace backgrounds were too ornate to set off the King's gold-braided admiral's uniform. Out came the old blanket, and His Majesty helped to hang it in place...
...Both the gold-plated Air Line Pilots Association and T.W.A. seemed satisfied with the board's decisions, which they had agreed in advance to accept. Most other airlines expected that the new wage scale would provide a pattern for all airlines. For T.W.A. and the other major airlines, the increases would be moderate...
Highly confused in spots, the story seems to be concerned with a search for hidden treasure. When the fabulous jewels and the gold turn out to be a disappointment, Sinbad springs forward to point out a wholesome moral: Where is true treasure? Sinbad [sweeping hand to heart]: "It's here! [clasping forehead]-and here! [sweeping Miss O'Hara into his arms] -and here...