Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...summer nights in St. Louis, huge crowds-as many as 10,000-go to hear outdoor performances of light operas (Naughty Marietta, Show Boat, etc.) in Forest Park. The St. Louis Municipal Opera is the most successful permanent light-opera company in the U. S. But when opera goes grand it has hard going in St. Louis...
...publicized jockey of the year is cocky little Don Meade. Reinstated last December by the Florida Racing Commission after a three-year suspension for betting against his own mounts, Jockey Meade, 1933 Kentucky Derby winner, made a sensational comeback this winter, booted home 91 winners at Hialeah and Tropical Park. Last week, while penitent Mr. Meade made headlines because of his successful plea for a riding license on the "big apple" (New York tracks), an obscure fellow-peewee named Johnny Oros quietly displaced him as the leading jockey...
...concerns the sex life of a Harvard undergraduate. Hero is a tall, dapper, literary innocent named Crane Stewart. Engaged to a cautious girl named Julia, Crane harkens to the lusty bad advice of his pal Jeff, frightens Julia away in a blundering attempt at seduction. At a Park Avenue party, with a girl who is willing, luck is again against him. That summer he goes to Mexico to visit his uncle, falls in love with the daughter of a U. S. businessman, again, after listening to more bad advice, bungles the attempt...
...will do the twirling today for the Carissmen, is one of the main reasons for Quaker optimism. Diven, Trexler, and Ogden are the big guns in the home team's attack, and these boys are primed to take full advantage of the short right field barrier on their ball park...
...lecture has had a colorful public service career, from his appointment as municipal investigator in 1913 until his selection by Mayor LaGuardia three years ago as Commissioner of Parks. He has held a position of president of the Long Island Park Commission...