Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fisted Congressman Martin Dies had been able to call Orson Welles's Martians before his Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities he could not have extracted a more lurid story than he got last week. Witnesses testified in all seriousness to their belief...
...Democrat Martin Leo Sweeney of Cleveland, Ohio: "When this Administration can spend . . . almost $300,000 or more to entertain a British King and Queen next month, I think I can afford to vote this extra help for my office...
...efforts at native opera have had premieres at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, horse operas (movie Westerns) remain preeminently the American taste. U. S. composers keep at it, however, and last week a new U. S. opera, The Devil and Daniel Webster, was presented at Manhattan's Martin Beck Theatre. Librettist: Poet Stephen Vincent Benét. Composer: Douglas Moore. Producer: Robert Edmond Jones...
...Billings prize of $150 for improvement in pulpit delivery was divided between Theodore S. Darrah 3Dv., John A. Martin 3 Dv., and Harry B. Scholefield...
...Francisco's Golden Gate Fair: ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith was proclaimed Mayor of Treasure Island. Cracked he: "What we need in this country is good old-fashioned 'come-outside-and-put-me-out' Americanism." Others: Congressman Martin Dies (to harangue a patriotic meeting), Diva Grace Moore, Shirley Temple and parents...