Word: phones
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three and one-half years ago Singer Mary Lewis made news by demanding a drink from the musical director of Vita-phone Co., for whom she was to record The Barcarole. She drank too much, spoiled the record; the musical director was discharged (TIME, Oct. 24, 1927). Last week when she sued Pathe Studios, Inc. for breach of contract to make sound cinemas, Pathe explained: "Miss Lewis became intoxicated and involved in a scandal." Hearing about these charges in Paris, Mary Lewis protested: "Im a good girl! I've never been...
Prospective candidates who are interested in this training should write to Lieutenant E. G. Taylor, Marine Corps Reserve Aviation Unit, Squantum, Mass., or phone Granite 3270 for further information, and for an appointment for a personal interview at Squantum...
...Scoop-of-the-week went to no London or New York paper, instead to the Des Moines (Iowa) Register whose Correspondent Harlan Miller beat Argentine censorship by innocently strolling into the Buenes Aires branch of Pan American Airways Inc. asking: "Can I use your phone?" A call from this discreet firm to an Iowa number roused no Argentine suspicions. Soon Mr. Miller was telling his editor about the fatal wedding breakfast, firing off other graphic scoop details which censorship held up for days...
...weakness for poker, a game at which he is invariably unsuccessful, so he and Bee are about to be ejected from their apartment. At this point appears "Curly," a bigtime horse race bookmaker. He volunteers to give Doggie and Bee lodgings which he and his associates use as a "phone room" (place to receive bets) during the daytime. Doggie is put in a bad light and Bee marries Curly. Eventually she comes back to Doggie...
...Manhattan, decorous readers of the New York Times were amazed by an advertisement: "Edna F. Your folks from California are here and feel something terrible about you. Charlie is drinking again. For Goodness sakes phone hotel, Katy...