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...farce, fragile and inoffensive, which deals glibly with a complicated case of mistaken pregnancy. As cinema, the obstetrical aspects are made to seem even more innocent by the writhing cuteness of Actress Marion Davies. Part of the comedy depends upon the fact that no one dares utter such a rude phrase as ''have a baby," not even the iceman, who complains euphemistically of his fiancee's infidelity: "While I was trying desperately to keep the wolf from the door, the stork flies in the window." Actress Davies appears in the role of Joyce Stanton who, while trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 25, 1931 | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

...Rude and tempestuous was Nature's welcome to the first permanent English settlers who, under Captain Christopher Newport, landed in 1607 at Cape Henry, Va. No less rude and tempestuous was the welcome President Hoover got last week when he visited the same spot at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to help commemorate the 324th anniversary of that historic event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Caught on a Cape | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

...Commons that Tim Healy was destined to become His Majesty's Representative in Ireland, laughter would have shaken the chandeliers. Timothy Michael Healy was born in Bantry, County Cork, in 1855, son of the local poorhouse guardian. His earliest memories* were of creaking farm carts marked with rude white crosses, piled high with corpses of the famine on their way to common burial in the lime pits. These were not memories to make any boy a loyal British citizen. At the age of 14 he had taught himself shorthand. At 17 he made his way to England, worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRISH FREE STATE: Testy Tim | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...believe that the Russians are fools. There must be some deliberate purpose behind the armaments they are preparing. Some day these enormous forces will be utilized. Then those believing in the pacific aims of the Soviet Government will have a rude awakening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Red Slaves | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

...public warnings in trying to check the 1929 stock inflation instead of adopting the recommendation of the New York Federal Reserve Bank for tipping the rediscount rate. When this rate was belatedly advanced from 5% to 6% it was admittedly insufficient to turn the tide. Though witnesses were not rude enough to say so, they implied that the fault lay largely with the foggy-headed uncertainties of Roy A. Young, the Governor of the Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Reserve Review | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

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