Word: jovialities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with such violent Conservative, Liberal, and even Indian opposition on the basis of Lord Gorell's "inexperience," that it was hastily withdrawn. A later suggestion was that MacDonald himself should take the post, taking the title of Lord MacDonald of Lossiemouth and handing his Prime Ministry over to jovial Foreign Secretary "Uncle Arthur" Henderson. This was too much for even the MacDonald sense of humor. Other names flew thick and fast for weeks, until last week Lord Willingdon was appointed...
...crushing document," flayed Laborites Thomas and MacDonald for "insulting and estranging" Canada. Fortunately the blood of Britons is not hot. When Bachelor Bennett and his sister-hostess left their London hotel to take the boat-train for Liverpool (en route to Canada) they were accompanied by bluff, expansive, jovial Jim Thomas...
...That Church of the Immaculate Conception was the first in the world dedicated to the new article of Catholic faith. It was to celebrate its 75th anniversary that Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes, present Archbishop of New York, held solemn high mass there last week. Alfred Emanuel Smith, refreshed and jovial after the elections (see p. 16), attended the services with Mrs. Smith; also many another Tammany politician. Tammany Hall is less than a mile from the church and numerous Manhattan politicians were born, baptized, educated and confirmed in its precinct. But the Church of the Immaculate Conception s less proud...
...years Wagner's Dutchman has been missing from the repertoire of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera Company, but last week it was revived with Baritone Friedrich Schorr as the Dutchman. A famed Norwegian basso, Ivar Andresen, made his debut as the Norwegian Daland, capably acted the jovial sailor but disappointed with singing which, according to persons who had heard him in Europe, was below his standard. Hans Clemens, newcomer from Berlin, sang the minor role of a steersman and disproved the theory that there are no good German tenors. Soprano Maria Jeritza apparently believed in the hallucinations of Senta, lifted high...
...merged banks will probably be Emanuel Chester Gersten, 42, also a self-made banker. His rise from messenger boy in National Bank of Commerce to a vice-presidency took 20 years, was completed in 1929. Now he is president of Public National. Unlike Banker Jonas, he is roaringly jovial; like Banker Jonas, he is very dark...