Word: longingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Judge Shearn was not only an old friend of Hearst's; he was close to a good source of credit, the Chase, and Hearst had to have cash. He had several long talks with his old friend and on June 23 Mr. Hearst's beloved American folded. On June 27 of 1937 Judge Shearn became indisputable ruler of almost everything that is Hearst...
...from the fair this year. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, once the weak sister of the Coast, has been pulling out of the red under Roosevelt Son-in-Law John Boettiger, will make enough in 1939 to offset 1938's losses. These papers will probably survive as a string long after Hearst is gone...
...used abroad for four years, mostly for BBC and the J. Walter Thompson agency in London, which records commercial shows in England, airplanes them to Luxembourg and Radio Normandie for airing. Last week Millertape's first big job in U. S. radio was under way: cutting the hour-long Ironized Yeast Good Will Hour into half-hour (2,000-foot) recordings for transmission from 46 local stations in the U. S. and Canada...
Unhappy the stranger in any of New York City's three subways. Equally lost are most natives in the maze of the city's 35-year-old transit troubles. Most New Yorkers long since decided what they wanted-unification of the three lines and a guaranteed 5? fare. But for 18 years the Unification Express has been rattling past stations, stalling in dark tunnels. Suddenly last week, to the general public's surprise, it slowed for a stop. Tentative acceptance of the city's offer to buy the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp...
Bruno Walter, another exile from Germany, now an "honorary citizen" of France, arrived in Manhattan last week after a crossing that was bumpier than anything by Stravinsky. On his arrival he told reporters a story: Long before Herr Walter changed his residence for political reasons, he conducted a series of Munich concerts attended by a music-lover who last week changed his name for religious reasons, Eugenio Pacelli. While the series was in progress, Walter's friend, Russian Pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch, was imprisoned on charges of espionage. Gabrilowitsch got a message to Walter, who spoke to Pacelli, who whispered...