Word: nov
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Queen Elizabeth, tousle-headed, schoolboyish Crown Prince Leopold, his svelt, sophisticated wife Crown Princess Astrid,* and his softspoken, softer-eyed sister Princess Marie José (Jan. 8, 1930, was announced last week as the day she will wed Italy's mincing-mannered but courageous Crown Prince Umberto [TIME, Nov...
...theft of Commendatore Jorio, due to the failure of Banco Bombelli immediately after his flight. Meantime even more distressing rumors spread. Miss Beatrice Baskerville, enterprising news ferret of the New York World heard in Vatican City that the Papal Treasury lost heavily in Wall Street's slump (TIME, Nov. 4). According to reports, verified from several sources, U. S. public utility and steel stocks were those held. Certain parcels were sold early in the slump and most of the remainder were sacrificed at even lower prices later in the slump week. At the time the Holy See gave no sign...
...Rome last week, strutting Crown Prince Umberto, flushed and bold in the new popularity which followed his escape from assassination (TIME, Nov. 4), was reported to have differed with Signor Benito Mussolini over...
...Joseph Rosenstock, new German conductor from Wiesbaden (TIME, Nov. 11) resigned. As the result of critics' railings, he admitted to nervous collapse, presented a doctor's certificate advising retirement. Artur Bodanzky, his predecessor, will return temporarily as guest conductor...
Suicides, long rumored, became facts, indicated some losers. Most prominent of suiciders was James J. Riordan, president of New York's County Trust Co. (TIME, Nov. 18). In Manhattan, George E. Cutler, wholesale produce merchant, jumped to death. In Philadelphia, Frank S. Palfrey and W. Paul Brown, brokers, shot themselves. In Chicago, Herman L. Felgenhauer, grain broker, took gas. A Rochester suicide was Robert M. Searle, president of Rochester Gas & Electric Co., who was supposed to have lost $1,200,000 in October. Once before he had lost $1,000,000, had gone to a sanitarium. In Scranton (Pa.), Carl...