Word: laura
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan, 4,000 mi. away, Carl Joys Lomen, son of a late Alaskan judge, brother of an Alaskan Senator, husband of Andrew Volstead's daughter Laura and supersalesman of reindeer meat, announced that he was off to Washington to get help for his fellow-townsmen. "The lack of shelter for the 700 to 900 whites who usually winter in Nome will be hard to overcome," said he. "But the most urgent need is for food, medical supplies and the like which cannot be brought in from the outside in quantities after the freeze...
...prime tool Dr. Gesell chose the cinecamera. Money was forthcoming from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in 1926, again in 1930 from the Rockefeller Foundation. Tactful emissaries scoured New Haven for young recruits. Hundreds of thousands of feet of cinema film were exposed. From this immense store the picture sequences for the Atlas were carefully selected, each picture made from a single cinema film frame...
...Married. Laura Louise Barkley, 22, daughter of Kentucky's Senator Alben William Barkley; and Douglas MacArthur, 25, nephew of General Douglas MacArthur, U. S. Army Chief of Staff; in Washington...
Author Hampson's people are farther down the social scale. Alf and Ted are devoted brothers. The time comes when Alf, the older, starts running around with girls. Ted is hurt and miserable. Alf becomes engaged to Laura, then is killed in a motorcycle accident. Loyal, devoted Ted marries Laura to give his name to Alf's unborn child. Writing his story in a manner reminiscent of Swinnerton's Nocturne, John Hampson has made much of decidedly slender material...
...their news of last week's openings, most big U. S. department stores were in constant cable communication with Paris. B. Altman & Co. went a step further, with a transatlantic telephone service. This scheme was originated last year by Altaian's top Fashion Copywriter Laura Hobson. Young, smart Advertising Director John C. Wood planned to launch a display campaign in newspapers and magazines this week to publicize the new designs. The trends of fashions as Altman and other stores studied them last week: There are three predominant silhouets ?medieval, crinoline, Empire. Empire features long toe-length skirts and extremely...