Word: madison
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...odds are in favor of the U. S., the authors conclude, "provided that there are not too many Americans to ask 'Why?' and remain dissatisfied with the answer they receive." FIFTY-FIVE MEN-Fred Rodell-Tele-graph Press ($2.50). A sharply realistic account, based on James Madison's notes, of the framing of the U. S. Constitution, demonstrating that the framers had hard-headed motives never portrayed in grade-school history texts; and that the Federalist papers were slick propaganda. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, 1883-1935 -Irving Kolodin-Oxford ($3.75). A thorough, painstaking history of a great institution...
Across a wrestling ring in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden last week two men growled and glowered at each other. Squatting in one corner, wearing a fancy ruby-colored robe with turban to match, was Arteen Ekizian, 30-year-old Turk, one time fish-peddler, U. S. sailor and Hollywood "extra." To 5,000 raucous spectators he was Ali Baba, the Terrible Turk of whom posters asked IS HE MAN OR BEAST? Ali Baba's head resembled a speckled ostrich egg. His upper lip was hidden behind a sweeping pair of handle bar mustachios. His teeth were jagged...
...would envy, as these examples will readily prove. Culled from the hundreds of photos received every week by the editors of COLLEGIATE DIGEST, they are just a few of the off the beaten path prints that are submitted for publication. Send your unusual prints to: COLLEGIATE DIGEST, Box 472, Madison...
...student or faculty member of a college or university in the United States, COLLEGIATE DIGEST will award a prize of $10. The writer of the second best letter will recerve a prize of $5. Send you letter NOW to Motion Picture Editor, COLLEGIATE DIGEST SECTION, P O Box 472, Madison, Wis. Letters cannot be returned to writers...
...Promoter Dickson made Primo Camera an international attraction principally by two fights with the late William Lawrence ("Young") Stribling, one in London and one in Paris, both of which ended in fouls. In 1931 he built his,Palais des Sports, patterned on Tex Richard's Madison Square Garden, on the site of the old Velodrome d'Hiver. Tex Rickard was proud of his "600 Millionaires." Jeff Dickson organized a "Club de Mille" whose members have their own clubroom and bar in the Palais des Sports. By this time he had achieved the unprecedented distinction of being made...