Word: palmed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Attending a session of the West Palm Beach Criminal Court fortnight ago in his capacity as deputy sheriff and amateur criminologist, muscular Author Charles Francis ("Socker") Coe (G-Man, Knockout) saw 14-year-old Anthony Anastor brought up to be sentenced for stealing a sailboat, persuaded the judge to let him give the boy another chance as a member of the Coe household. Last week Criminologist Coe returned home one day to find his protege gone with his $2,000 speedboat, two pistols, $110 cash. "I played fair with you, didn't I, Bud?" sighed he, facing...
...first Henry J. Schlesinger of Milwaukee's iron-&-coke family, then Manhattan Banker James Irving Bush, finally and most successfully Harrison Williams, 23 years her elder, a quiet specialist in utility finance. To the adornment of their three houses-on upper Fifth Avenue at Bayville, L. I., at Palm Beach-Mrs. Williams has devoted her professional knowledge of porcelains, her flair for the paler sort of glamour. Since being given her title by a group of cold-blooded couturiers four years ago she has become the world's most photographed non-professional mannequin. In time spared from Society...
...Archibald T. Davison, prefessor of Choral Music, made a trip to France partly sponsored by the French Government and presented a concert on the Place D'Arey in Dijon. The singers received a very cordial greeting from the students and faculty there, and Dr. Davison was awarded the Academic Palm by the French Government
...from Hawaii seem to be neck and neck at the amazing total of two letters each. They are, respectively, Y. Ku of Peiping, C. Y. Le of Nanking, P. S. Ou of Kwangsu, and H. K. M. Wu of Honolulu. Although there is probably no basis for awarding the palm to any particular one, Mr. P. S. Ou, by the originality of his cognomen, seems to be predominant...
...Delano Roosevelt, solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of your ability"-with every word his voice grew more emphatic-"preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, SO HELP YOU GOD?" With his palm on the old Dutch bible of Claes Martenzen van Rosenvelt (protected from the rain by a heavy sheet of waterproof cellophane) Mr. Roosevelt threw