Word: inches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possibility that motion pictures, the first ever to be taken of a Coronation ceremony in the Abbey, may afford proof of a slip was masterfully dealt with in London. The five cinema firms involved were called on the carpet, forced to promise they will release not a single inch of film disapproved of by the Duke and the Archbishop, who were appointed the official censors. Since they cannot be expected to rush to a projection room directly from the Coronation, and do their censorship at once, Gaumont British was on the point of abandoning last week its plans to have...
Scotland Yard was printing last week exclusively for Scotland Yard a series of maps of the Coronation Procession route drawn to the phenomenally large scale of one inch to 88 feet, showing every lamp post, fire hydrant, sewer cover. To within a few inches these maps mark minutely where the Royal Coach is to be driven...
Franklin W. Coleman, Jr. '38. He is 19 years of age, weight 180 pounds and is 6 feet 1 inch tall. He prepared for Harvard at Cambridge High & Latin School. His home is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He swims the 440 yard free style with an approximate time...
John J. Colony, Jr. '37, Captain. He is 21 years of age, weights 177 pounds and is 6 feet 1 inch tall. He prepared for Harvard at Exeter. His home is in Keene, New Hampshire. He swims the 100 yard free style with an approximate time of 55s, and is a member of the 400 yard relay team which holds the Harvard and Pool Record at 3m. 37s. The team is made up of Donald N. McKay '38, Dario C. Berizzi '38, John J. Colony...
...Paso Jew named Jacob Ehrlich, who calls himself Jack Earle when on exhibition, claims to be 8 ft. 6 in. That height seems to be a favorite among sideshow giants. John G. Tarver of Alba, Tex., claims it. Clifford Thompson of Stevens Point, Wis. claims an inch more. Dr. Humberd frankly does not believe them. He insists that they fake their real heights by wearing high-heeled shoes and tall hats...