Word: pompom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rained down on the native city, while Chinese and Japanese soldiers and civilians died like flies in the oily glare of burning buildings ashore, a group of 40 seamen off duty assembled on the well-deck of the Augusta to see a movie. From somewhere a single 36 mm. pompom shell weighing about a pound dropped in their midst and exploded. Eighteen men were wounded, one Freddie John Falgout, 20, of Raceland, La., was killed...
...Cast Musette, Irma, Lieut. Fedor Eleanor Painter Fresco Robt. Pitkin Count Berezowski Wm. J. McCarthy Sandor Philip Conyers Ladislas Eric Titus Boris Harry Hermson Pompom Sara Bair Vaninka Sophia Robinson Rafael Jack Bosman...
...Hussar officer, and the combination keeps her on the stage most of the evening. Thanks no doubt to her long experience in grand opera, the music offers little difficulty and she sustains her part consistently well, particularly when appearing as Irma, the gypsy girl. Sara Bair as Pompom deserves mention for a voice well above the average expected of a supporting singer...