Word: misses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...replace Harry Hopkins at the head of WPA, the President elevated Colonel Francis Clark ("Pinky") Harrington, whose political coloration is neutral to the point that he boasts of never having voted (see p. 8). To replace Miss Mary Dewson, 64, resigning from the Social Security Board because of physical exhaustion, the President named Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, fortyish, director of women's and professional activities...
...professional model (under the name of Wilma Baard) and daughter of a barge captain. The party was timed to fill the papers a few days before the debut of café society's current Glamor Girl Brenda Diana Duff Frazier. Gowned gratis and gloriously by Macy's, Miss Vandenbaard from 11 p.m. till dawn greeted guests who came to laugh, remained to roar. Said the only socialite debutante present, Elvira ("Vivi") Fairchild: "Debs would have more fun if they could have this type of a party." Said Tugboat Minnie: "My feet hurt. ... Do you think I should have...
More gravely than if he were picking Miss America, David Lasser had his witnesses choose Mr. & Mrs. WPA Worker of 1938. As the No. 1 Missus of Relief, they named Mrs. Stanley Jorgensen of Provo, Utah. Provo merchants had chipped in $100 to pay her way to Washington so she could ask for more WPA money to go into storekeepers' tills. Mrs. Jorgensen's husband supports her and two children on $44 a month, of which he pays $15 for rent on a single room, $18 for groceries. A Mormon, Mrs. Jorgensen said her church's famed...
Married. Ruth Etting, 42, famed torch singer, onetime cinemactress and stage star; and Myrl Alderman, 30, her onetime piano accompanist; she for the second time, he for the third; in Las Vegas, Nev. Miss Etting's first husband, Colonel Martin ("The Gimp") Snyder, is now on trial for attempting to murder Alderman...
...best to be said for Director Garnett's travel contributions is that, sprinkled through the narrative along with the antics of a highly entertaining set of minor characters, they serve to punctuate Miss Parker's jokes. Best minor part: Ralph Bellamy-who impersonated Christ in Destination Unknown, also directed by Tay Garnett-as Sam Wye's over-diligent assistant...