Word: iii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born. To Marshall Field III, 43, twice-divorced Chicago department store scion; and his third wife, Mrs. Ruth Pruyn Phipps Field: a daughter, their first child (his fourth, her third); in Manhattan...
Engaged. Hon. Margaret Gwendolen Mary Drummond, 31, eldest daughter of British Ambassador to Italy Sir Eric Drummond; and John Walker III, 29, of Pittsburgh, now at Rome's American Academy; in London...
...Brussels palace, King Leopold III of the Belgians entertained at dinner 64 coal miners and their families as a tribute to the men's heroism during a Bouverie mine disaster last month...
...though European Motors Inc. specializes in importing on order and servicing anything, however exotic.* A new firm of interest to swanksters was J. S. Inskip, Inc., successors to defunct Rolls-Royce of America Inc. in importing the English article. On their floor was one of the extremely few Phantom III models yet manufactured by Rolls-Royce Ltd., one of the first of these 12-cylinder cars having gone to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. This car (see cut) is priced in Manhattan...
...London today Rolls-Royce Ltd. is considered an armament firm, chiefly engaged in turning out aircraft engines. In 30 years of Rolls-Royce production there have been only four models: the Silver Ghost (1906-25), the Phantom I (1925-29), the Phantom II (1929-35) and the Phantom III. Says the company in bringing out a 12-cylinder car for the first time: "Rolls-Royce have probably had more experience in the design and construction of 12-cylinder engines than any other firm in the world, for their first motor of this type was produced over 20 years...