Word: queene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...visit of Anthony Eden. Even visiting British sobsisters who were received by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House found Lady Lindsay too busy to receive them at the British Embassy. Last week frosty-haired Lady Lindsay prepared the press for the goodwill visit of the King and Queen by commenting on the bad manners of the U. S. press as she told them how Americans would have to behave. The newshens answered her back, unimpressed by the fact that she was Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, heiress of the late Colgate Hoyt (banker) of Oyster Bay, N. Y., and used...
Soon the U. S. State Department topped Lady Lindsay by issuing further instructions to U. S. citizens who might meet the King & Queen...
...event in her life since Wolfe landed with his Army under the bluffs of Quebec 180 years ago to wrest the country from the French for Britain. George VI, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, King, and his Queen, Elizabeth, were coming a-visiting-the first sovereign visit in Canada's history...
Spring snow still lingered on the broad slopes of the St. Lawrence and on the heights of Quebec, Their Majesties' debarkation point. Scotland Yard men busily spotted cranks and radicals, gave last-minute tips to Dominion constabulary on how to guard their King and Queen. Four royal maroon Royal automobiles, two long (155-inch wheelbase), fur-rugged Buicks, a Chrysler and a Ford, were ready for Their Majesties and one toured Quebec's narrow crooked streets, testing sharp turns. Priests and nuns rehearsed 25,000 school children for a pageant of greeting to Their Majesties on the Plains...
...March from "The Queen of Sheba"Gounod *Overture to "Egmont" Beethoven "Bach Goes to Town," A Fugue in Swing Templeton Orchestration by Henry Brant *"Tales from the Vienna Woods," Waltzes Strauss Concerto for Pianoforte No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 Rubinstein I. Moderato II. Moderato assai III. Allegro assai Soloist: Selma Pelonsky Songs by "Smiff en Poofs" *Fantasy on Gershwin Melodies *Prayer of Thanksgiving, Old Dutch Hymn Valerius-Kremser *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...