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...diplomatic history to attain ministerial rank. Joyfully asked the Copenhagen Press: "Who could understand us better than Denmark's girl friend?"-a reference to the fact that in 1931 Mrs. Owen & family toured that country with a Curtis Aerocar (a two-wheeled trailer containing a kitchenet and four bunks). Madam Minister Owen, who lost her Florida seat in the House March 4. promptly revealed that she had found some Danish ancestors who arrived in the U. S. in 1636. Said she: "I am very happy to have been assigned this post because of my father's connection with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN SERVICE: Comings & Goings | 4/24/1933 | See Source »

...Furniture:" Hollow and affected is Fur niture Salesman Frankl's explanation and gloss for kitchenet apartment furniture. You, TIME, should have milked down his bloated phrases and said prosaically : "Salesman Frankl sells furniture-with-a-pinched-look. It is acceptable and esthetic because it fits appropriately those pinched crannies of costly New York apart ments." Mr. Frankl's initials made me laugh. His balderdash resembles that of that other P. T. - Barnum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

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