Word: silks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spite of an able cast that includes Marguerite Churchill and Sally Eilers, the whole thing is dull, chiefly because of an incoherence brought on by bad dialog and an attempt to cover too much action in program time. Typical shot: Spencer Tracy and his gang starting out in silk hats and morning suits to kidnap a bride...
...Migel, aristocratic, Texas-born, is less famed, except in the silk industry, one of whose few tycoons and Lotos Club members...
Famed Edouard Herriot resigned last week after 25 years as Mayor of Lyons, third largest city and "silk capital'' of France...
...have Joseph Leiter of Chicago ousted as trustee of his father's $30,000,000 estate. Joseph Leiter's sister and nieces claimed that he had spent $7,000.000 too much in developing Wyoming ranch lands, that he was extravagant personally, having once ordered 50 doz. pairs of silk socks. He cried: "I am a hard-headed American businessman. While my sisters were going to Europe, marrying titles, I stayed by our property and managed it!" He proved that he had increased its working capital from $12,920,000 to $17,387,000 in cash...
...What kind of clothes do you American women wear?" asked Mrs. Gandhi examining the stuff of Mrs. Johnston's dress. "Is it silk or satin? Is it hand-made or factory-made...