Word: halls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theory has the same obvious chink as the theory of democracy. With very rare exceptions, Negroes are kept out. There are, however, some 800,000 Negroes practicing the rites, the vast majority of them in what are known as Prince Hall Grand Lodges. At least two Negro lodges, one in New Jersey, and one in Massachusetts, can lay claim to the legitimacy of their charters; the others, white Masons insist, are "clandestine" lodges, neither bona fide nor legitimate...
...Genoa. The marriage, solemnized in the midst of preparations for Jennifer's new European-made film, Gone to Earth, was scripted by Selznick himself. After some rumors that the wedding had been performed at sea, the couple foxed reporters by slipping off to Genoa's city hall. Fadeout: a moonlit honeymoon on the French Riviera aboard the Manona, a 33-ton chartered yacht...
...criticism could be traced to Judge Kaufman's own history. New on the federal bench, he had been put in charge of the calendar for May (a rotating position) and had assigned himself to the Hiss trial. He had been recommended for a judgeship by Tammany Hall and by Bronx Boss Ed Flynn; nominated by Harry Truman, and confirmed by the 81st Congress-though Kaufman was refused endorsement by the Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. His appointment had been supported...
...Dimitrov looked impressive in death (see cut). Less attention, however, was focused on the dead man than on the living who surrounded him. Describing a Moscow ceremony, before Dimitrov's body was sent to Sofia last week, Pravda wrote: ". . . 23 hours 20 minutes: J. V. Stalin enters the hall. With him, placing themselves in a guard of honor, are Comrades G. M. Malenkov, L. P. Beria, K. E. Voroshilov, L. M. Kaganovich, A. I. Mikoyan, N. M. Shvernik, N. A. Bulganin...
...Carnegie Hall (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Guest soloist: Lauritz Melchior...