Word: invalidly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Received from Utah's King a resolution declaring the President's reorganization plan (TIME, Dec. 19) invalid...
...friends as "a bitter, hard man." Like all Roeblings, he was exceedingly reticent. But he had a fine sense of humor and was the most amazingly patient and uncomplaining old chap I ever heard of. He did contract caisson fever while building the Brooklyn Bridge, and was an invalid for upwards of 50 years. In the last 18 years of his life he had the companionship of a most devoted wife (his second). I knew him rather well and never heard that he "ate upside down." He had a flair for writing about the family, much of what...
...Most vital appointment he has to make is that of Secretary of State, because, weak on foreign affairs, he needs an internationally equipped mind to lean on. Most often mentioned for this No. 1 Cabinet post is Owen D. Young. But Mr. Young's wife is a chronic invalid and last week Mr. Young was ordered to be examined in Federal Court on his connection with the bankrupt Insull Utility Investments-a connection which would help no public career before a catawauling Senate. Another outstanding possibility for Secretary of State is Newton Diehl Baker. But Mr. Baker...
Last week bustling Premier Edouard Herriot called on the 72-year-old invalid, told him that he need not write for the rest of his life, that he will receive a pension of 200,000 francs ($8,000) per year...
Marriage Annulled. Preston Sturges, playwright (Strictly Dishonorable); and Eleanor Post Hutton, stepdaughter of General Foods Corp. Board Chairman Edward F. Hutton, granddaughter of the late Cereal Tycoon Charles William Post; in Manhattan. The 1930 marriage was declared invalid by Referee John M. Tierney because Mr. Sturges' first wife, Estelle Mudge Godfrey Sturges Daugherty, had gotten a Mexican divorce which "isn't worth a last year's bird nest." Sued. By Richard Wayne, onetime cinemactor: Mrs. Antoinette Converse Wayne, Iowa steel & banking heiress; for $300,000 advance allowance under a contract by which Mrs. Wayne agreed...