Word: patriotically
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Every patriot knows that the U. S. flag should never touch ground or trail in water. In Newark, N. J. superpatriotic Scoutmaster Stephen F. Walker of Boy Scout Troop No. 77 shuddered last year when two aluminum reproductions of the great seal of the U. S. were embedded in the floor of Newark's Post Office Building, where heedless visitors trod on them. Scoutmaster Walker protested to the postmaster, to Postmaster General Farley, to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, to the President of the U. S. Then he enrolled other superpatriots in his crusade, marched in a cordon...
When the World War broke out Pianist Paderewski's career took an abrupt turn. A fervent patriot, he foresaw a chance for the independence of his native Poland, dedicated his every effort to this cause. His acquaintance with nearly all the powerful and famous figures of the world made him Poland's best ambassador. At War's end Poland was free, and Paderewski virtually retired from the concert platform to become its first Premier...
...Though Patriot-Pianist Paderewski has lived to see his dreams of Polish independence realized and himself a legend in the history of music, it is naturally toward his heyday, the Victorian era, that his thoughts most fondly turn. "The passing of that great period, the nineties," he muses, "brought to a close a tremendous era, a flowering of all that was most beautiful and elegant in life. We shall not see its like again...
Every morning and every evening Manhattan's municipal radio station WNYC plays The Star-Spangled Banner as its signature. As every patriot knows, every patriot springs to attention at the first notes of the national anthem, remains rigid until the end. Because Elizabeth Faffs husband is a loyal WNYC fan and a patriot to boot, Mrs. Faff had a problem on her hands. She wrote the station that he made her get out of bed both times, complained: "It is rather upsetting....Have you any suggestions?" Stumped, WNYC referred the letter to Mayor La-Guardia. The Mayor was stumped...
Ignace Jan Paderewski (Sun. 2 p.m., NBC-Blue). Famed Polish pianist-patriot plays for the first time over U. S. radio, by short wave from Lausanne, Switzerland, for the Magic...