Word: m
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hague Parley (TIME, Aug. 19) as his personal endorsement of the Young Plan. Irate and august, President von Hindenburg reasserted his neutrality: "I declare herewith that I have given nobody authorization or cause to make known my personal opinion on this problem." To the old Feldmarschall went Chancellor Müller. He recalled that the President is in duty bound to promulgate such measures as the Reichstag's ratification of the Young Plan, pointed out that this act of promulgation might render even Paul von Hindenburg liable to be clapped into jail under the clause of the "Liberty...
Great Day. Vincent Youmans, composer of such infectious songs as "Tea for Two," "Sometimes I'm Happy'' and "Hallelujah," presents his country with several remarkable airs in this bromidic and tedious musicomedy about a Southern lass (Mayo Methot) whose ancestral mansion is sold for a gambling house. Needless to say, a comely Northerner (Alan Prior) eases her heart. Two of Composer Youman's best tunes, the lingering "Without A Song," the jubilant "Great Day," are magnificently reverberated by an Afric choir of 40 voices led by Mr. Lois Deppe. Other Youmans' melodies which will soon...
...opening night the Assembly emphasized its éclat with a platoon of Manhattan debutantes who served as ushers. The program listed a committee of Founders including: Mrs. William De Rham, Mrs. Adrian Iselin II, Mrs. Junius Morgan, Mrs. Kenneth M. Murchison, Mrs. William Church Osborn, Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee. Executive director is Walter Greenough, longtime socio-dramatic entrepreneur...
Died. Mrs. Rita de Acosta Lydig, 53, once beauteous Manhattan & Paris socialite, divorced wife of the late Wendell E. D. Stokes, widow of Col. Philip M. Lydig (Spanish war hero); of pernicious anaemia; in Manhattan. In 1921 she attracted widespread comment by announcing her engagement to Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, famed "Radical" cleric. Dr. Grant was forbidden to marry her by Bishop William Thomas Manning, because she was a divorcee. In 1924 she broke the engagement, "not wishing to ruin Dr. Grant's career." When he died within the year, he left her an estate of some...
...Angeles, Lucio Godino, Siamese twin, was arrested for traffic violations. Judge William M. Northrup suspended sentence because the innocent brother, Simplicio, pleaded that he should not be jailed or fined for Lucio's offense...