Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sons drove to the Presidential special, did some hurried telegraphing. In an hour he had word that his cousin's funeral would be held in Washington three days later, that to attend it he would have to cut short his vacation. Then the President chugged off to Hyde Park for a couple of days' play...
...duty he had at Hyde Park: to make a Sunday night radio address in honor of Brotherhood Day, sponsored by Jews and Christians. In view of the various reasons for his unpopularity with many of the pious, the speech was of political rather than religious importance. Although his Episcopal training kept him from invoking his Maker, he mentioned Him twice, saying: "The vision of the early days [of the U. S.] still requires the same qualities of faith in God and man for its fulfillment. No greater thing could come to our land today than a revival . . . that would sweep...
Columnist Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt (My Day) from Hyde Park, N. Y.: "At noon Anna and I went coasting. First we both used the same sled, which broke through the crust and landed us both head first in the snow. After this experience we coasted on separate sleds...
Background of the pepper case was as dizzy as any U. S. dance of corporate dummies. Between Garabed Bishirgian's barren birthplace and his swank mansion in London's Park Lane lay a speculative trail that included caviar, tin and Turk ish rugs. By reputation his "only god was a rising share," though on week ends he was devoted to his 600 pigs on his model farm in Surrey. His lavish stag parties were the talk of the City...
...linked together and called The Immortal Swan. Producer was her husband, Victor Dandré, who was releasing the pictures for the first time to raise funds for a Pavlova Memorial Fountain to be executed by Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles on a site already approved in London's Regent Park...