Word: maine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Food & Fun. On their second night at Atlantic City the Governors frolicked at a big "Circus Fun-Fest" in the Hotel Traymore's main dining room, which was decorated like a circus tent, overrun with clowns, fake policemen, a menagerie of men in animal skins and three brass bands. All guests sported gaudy paper hats and the Governors wore huge paper-plate buttons identifying them as their State's "big shot" (see cut). Connecticut's 75-year-old Wilbur ("Uncle Toby") Cross beamed on a pretty "gypsy girl," who escorted a "polar bear" on a leash. When...
Britain and France, apart from their main purpose of getting technical co-operation started between their two navies-just as the British and French armies drew together in close technical cooperation during the World War-adopted toward Italy last week an attitude in which surface politeness was blended with hauteur. The great Democracies did not join Leftist Spain in crying "Pirate!" at Il Duce, indeed they carefully sent to Rome copies of every project they adopted or discussed, even held up release of one of these to the press until it could be scanned by Premier Mussolini. To most observers...
...something." Author Adamic's enthusiasm runs to 300 pages (illustrated), comprising a rather labored history of Antigua for the last 400 years, a mostly imaginary picture of the conquistadores who tenanted the Casa del Capuchino, a biography of the Popenoes, centring on capable Dorothy Popenoe, who supervised the main work of restoration until her death in 1932 from an attack of appendicitis, aggravated as a result of having eaten a tropical fruit (akee) being grown experimentally by her husband...
Langrock's new store, planned in the form of a Cape Cod cottage, was designed to meet the trend of University building which is moving toward the Charles. It is also announced that the personnel of the new branch will include men from the present main store near the University Theatre...
Beginning his library work as a page and student assistant in the Oberlin College library, Mr. Metcalf was made Executive Assistant in 1912 and Acting Librarian and Instructor in Bibliography in 1916. He was assistant in the main reading room of the New York Public Library in 1913, Chief of Stacks 1913-16 and 1917-18, Chief of the Order Division 1919, Executive Assistant, Office of the Director, 1919-27, and Chief of the Preparation Division 1927-29. He has been Chief of the Reference Division since...