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...Gaunt Philippa Allen, social worker, testified: "Dry drilling was the cause of the dense silica dust. It would stop when State mine inspectors entered the tunnel. Men acted as lookouts to warn of their presence. As a result inspectors testified that the tunnel was practically dust free. Mrs. Charlie Jones of Gamoca was the .first to find what was killing the men." Mrs. Jones, according to Miss Allen, begged money along the road to pay for x-rays of the lungs of her son Shirley who asked on his deathbed to "be opened up to see if I didn...
...Philippa Duke Schuyler, 4, daughter of a Manhattan Negro writer, startles visitors by repeatedly spelling pneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoniosis,* informing them that it is the longest word in the English language. A forceful pianist, a determined rhymester, an avid reader of fourth grade books, Philippa has the added distinction of never having eaten cooked food...
...careless of their virtue, white men foolish with their drink and only the natives retain a stealthy dignity. Handsome Basil Rathbone (The Command to Love) is the dissolute Nordic who is pursued by Irene March (Betty Lawford) but who really loves Irene's married sister-in-law Philippa (Selena Royle). For all his tippling and reputed wenching the Nordic is a brave lonely man, fighting fever and the opposition of public opinion in the district. This general resentment culminates in Philippa's husband taking a shot at Mr. Rathbone...
...represents in decorous fashion the opening of the Royal Exchange by Queen Elizabeth. The Prince of Wales' card, rushed through after his return from South America, depicts the landing of that hardy wanderer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, at Newfoundland in 1583. The Queen's card unexceptionably shows Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III, visiting the Cloth Hall at Norwich...
...Madeira Islands are dotted with sports recalling the life of Columbus. The world famous discoverer married Philippa, whose parents owned an estate in Porto Santo in the islands. Here Columbus lived many years. He made frequent trips to the leading city of the islands, Funchal, which furnished him with information from returning ships about the exploration and chartering of the new discovered or visited lands of the world...