Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...marriage license. This peccadillo carried a possible penalty of seven years in jail. London's Lord Mayor took a romantic view of the case in his capacity of magistrate, not only let Lord de Clifford off with a fine of $250 but gave him a fortnight's grace to find the fifty quid. His profession: Lieutenant, Royal Gloucester Hussars...
...Manhattan last week arrived His Grace the Right Honorable and Most Reverend Doctor William Temple, 54, Lord Archbishop of York. This Primate of England is ecclesiastically outranked only by the Defender of the Faith, King George V, and the Primate of All England, the Archbishop of Canterbury. On shipboard the stout, brisk Archbishop received newshawks, spoke newsworthily when one of them suggested that "the church has not shown strength in recent years in maintaining world peace." Replied Dr. Temple: ''I'm afraid I don't know that the church has ever done much to keep...
...were hired to blow the difficult wind instruments at first but now all 80 players are women and for six years the conductor has been graceful, blonde Ebba Sundstrom, who is determined that the orchestra shall sound professional. Conductor Sundstrom has worked at music since she was a child on a farm in Lindsborg, Kans. At 7 she played the violin, at 13 she organized a trio, played in hotels and theatres. She was organist and choir director at Grace Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, when she met a young Swedish dentist as blonde as herself, became Mrs. Victor Nylander...
...American and Imperial Airways will be joint operators, each carrying mail one way, passengers both ways. The route will be New York, Montreal, Harbor Grace, Ireland, London, with an alternate passage via Bermuda, the Azores, Spain. The so-called "Lindbergh route" via Greenland and Iceland will not be used. Giant Clippers of the Martin and Sikorsky types will be flown by Pan American; Imperial may use the same planes or British planes of the same calibre...
...Stars Over Broadway" is the story of a singing porter who rises to the heights of fame on Broadway; slips, thanks to alcohol and the attentions of miscellaneous female admirers, and finally through the grace of God and of the ever faithful manager, well-portrayed by Pat O'Brien, is restored to his place in the sun on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera itself. Unfortunately. Jane Froman, whose part is small and devoid of any outlet for acting ability, photographs poorly and looks rather hard. Her voice registers well but the general effect is not nearly so fortunate...