Word: michaels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Denmark's Crown Prince Christian Frederick Francis Michael Charles Valdemar George stands 6 ft. 5 in. A reticent young man of 36 with a genuine interest in music, he is heir to the throne of Europe's tallest King. Of course the Press has persisted in marrying him off too. He was "officially engaged" for a while to Greece's Olga (sister of Britain's new Marina) who finally married Paul, now Prince Regent of Yugoslavia. Rumor then coupled Denmark's Frederick with Belgium's Maria José, Britain's Lady May Cambridge...
...Died. Michael Idvorsky Pupin, 76, physicist, inventor, longtime (1901-31) professor of electromechanics at Columbia University, onetime Serbian shepherd boy; of uremic poisoning following anemia and influenza; in Manhattan. Chief inventions: an inductance coil for long distance telephones; X-ray technique which shortened the exposure time from an hour to a few seconds; a wireless tuning device to overcome interference; an electrolytic rectifier to handle high-frequency signals...
Steelman Charles Michael Schwab, settling down at Monte Carlo for a period of intensive gambling, announced: "I react favorably to the excitement of roulette and the gaming room. The doctors say it's good for my health...
President-emeritus Lowell will debate with Michael H. Sullivan tonight at the meeting of the Harvard Teachers Conference concerned with the problems of school committees and superintendents of schools. Their subject will be "Politics and the Public Schools...
Less well known, but even more deserving of notice is the co-feature, "Father Brown, Detective." the excellent Mr. Walter Connelly, aided by Paul Lucas and the exceedingly beautiful and personable Gertrude Michael, make this whimsically amusing story a film of unusual delight. The tale centers about the attempts of Flambeau (Mr. Lucas) to secure by his usual informal method, the ten famous "Flying Stars" --diamonds of superb beauty, which he desires to place about the glorious neck of Miss Michael with whom he has fallen quite in love. Walter Connelly portrays the wise priest who takes it upon himself...