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Word: gow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wife (Peggy Wood) whom he ogles without recognizing. The adapters in their effort to oil away the creaks have injected many a laborious 1933 wisecrack. George Meader is going to prison because he neglected to pay his income tax. Someone "passes out." The jail is a "happy hoose-gow," a "jovial jug," a "peppy prison." Strauss's music deserves a real prima donna for the role through which Peggy Wood flounders. Tenor George Meader, sprightlier than ever, seems to have forgotten that he was once good enough to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House. The Pursuit of Happiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhatten: Oct. 23, 1933 | 10/23/1933 | See Source »

...play to be presented will be either "World of Light" by Aldous Huxley, or "Gallows Glorious," a story of John Brown, written by Ronald Gow. Final decision will be made on Friday. The production of either of these plays will be the American premiere; both have had excellent seasons in London theatres...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB TRYOUT TO BE HELD TOMORROW | 10/19/1933 | See Source »

Deported. Henry ("Red") Johnson, implicated by Nurse Betty Gow in the Lindbergh kidnapping case; to Norway. After he had gone, immigration men revealed the deportation warrant was rescinded, giving him an opportunity to re-enter the country legally. This was apparently done because of the belief that Johnson was innocently implicated in the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 1, 1932 | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

Nurse Betty Gow, whom the baby called "Gow,"identified the body in the Trenton morgue before sundown. More positive identification came from the Lindberghs' pediatrician. He recognized the child's abnormally twisted toes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Never-to-be-Forgotten | 5/23/1932 | See Source »

Also during the week, Henry ("Red") Johnson, a friend of Nurse Gow's who had difficulty explaining his movements on the kidnapping night, passed beyond suspicion. He was, however, held for the immigration authorities when it was found that his real name was Henrik Finn Johnsen and that he had illegally entered the U. S. by jumping ship in Brooklyn several years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: On Sour land Mountain (Cont'd) | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

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