Word: second
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Donald Ogden Stewart, 44, humorist, screen writer, head of Hollywood's Anti-Nazi League; and Lenore Winter Steffens ("Ella Winter"), 40, writer, once married to the late Author-Journalist Lincoln Steffens; both for the second time;* in Ventura, Calif...
...theory is that most radio shows, concerts, interviews could and should be staged, directed, polished up and edited beforehand, Hollywood style, and then transmitted from recordings. With radio's prevalent system of disc recording, cutting and editing is almost impossible. But with Millertape a complete, timed-to-the-second radio show can be pieced together by matching approved takes just as Hollywood film editors make feature films from the results of many days of takes and retakes. Expert editors and retouchers with Millertape can eliminate single words, can even correct lisps and other lingual mishaps...
...Santa Anita, 66,000 racing fans turned out in spite of the fact that ? the widely publicized headliner, Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit, odds-on favorite for the handicap, was unable to make an appearance because of an injured ankle. If the loyal Californians expected to see a second-rate race they had the surprise of their lives. For Owner Howard's second-best entry, an Argentine colt named Kayak II, not only outran his 15 rivals but set a new track record for a mile and a quarter-2 min., 1 2/5 seconds...
...winner of the six-week competition will become Second Assistant Varsity and eventually Manager, receiving a major H and going on two southern trips while the second man will receive a minor...
Most exciting event of the afternoon was the breast-stroke in which Roger Willcox prevailed by the narrow margin of one foot. Bill Cann scored a win in the dive with Pete Waring just failing to take a second...