Word: libra
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went to investigate in Manhattan last week, appeared a small, excitable Italian in grey shirt and black string tie. Girolamo Valenti's mission is to keep Benito Mussolini out of the U. S. He is chairman of the Italian Anti-Fascist Committee, was editor of La Stampa Libra, now defunct. Mr. Valenti told the investigators a startling story about how Mussolini is roping in U. S. school children...
...five out of six "standard" astrology books that Dr. Farnsworth examined, it appeared that a person born under Libra ("The Scales"), seventh of the zodiac's twelve signs, should have musical ability. Libra's children are those born from September 24 to October 23. Looking up the birth dates of 1,498 musicians, Dr. Farnsworth found that fewer were born under this sign than under any other except Scorpio. Libra and Scorpio were in fact tied for last place as musician-makers. Thus in picking a musical sign the astrologists could have made ten better choices than Libra...
Married. James H. Roper, engineer, eldest son of Secretary of Commerce Daniel Calhoun Roper; and Elizabeth May Armstrong, high school librarian of San Leandro, Calif.; in San Francisco. Few weeks ago police were sent to investigate Engineer Roper's presence in Libra rian Armstrong's home by Mrs. Evelyn Aylesworth, head of the Physics Department at Mills (Oakland Women's College). Mrs. Aylesworth said that she, not Librarian Armstrong, was Engineer Roper's No. 1 fiancee...