Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taxi to Sweden's Royal Palace last week drove Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair Lewis. The Lord High Chamberlain, Baron Rude-beck, and the First Lady in Waiting, Countess Lewenhaupt led them into an antechamber abuzz with guests. After a pause a silver trumpet sounded. Gustaf V, King of Sweden and of the Goths and Wends entered escorting Princess Ingeborg (his brother Carl's wife, the King of Denmark's sister), followed by the rest of the Royal Family. All Ladies of the Court were in black, for Queen Victoria of Sweden (No. 1 patient of best-selling Memoir-Writer Dr. Axel...
...Last September the little Artiglio bobbed on front pages of the U. S. press when her grappling hooks struck the submerged wreck of the P. & O. liner Egypt, a steamer that sank off Finistere in 1922 with a loss of 92 lives, with $5,000,000 in gold and silver bullion in her strong room (TIME, Sept. 8). For eight years salvage crews had searched for the Egypt. Because of the unusual depth at which she lay-426 ft.-none could reach her. The Artiglio did so. At the greatest depth at which divers have ever worked...
...stairs was missing and he broke his legs. U. S. doctors said he could never fold again, but Vienna specialists proved them wrong. In London, Ambassador Dawes thought it would be fun to have Errol function anonymously as a waiter at an embassy dinner. Errol crashed silver and glass about, poured mineral water on a lady's arm, dropped forks under the table and crawled after them with a flashlight, asking guests to move over, please. At last Ambassador Dawes arose, explained, introducing Errol, but some guests, unused to U. S. and New South Wales humor, failed to laugh...
Between Chicago and Kansas City run the tracks of Chicago & Alton. Midway on the system is Wilmington, Ill., a town of 1,500. To Wilmington last week came a special train. A few minutes after its arrival, Herbert Alvin Lundahl, 48, short, pleasant, silver-haired member of the Chicago Club, mounted a special platform in the old red-brick station. As special I master-in-chancery, he droned through a long description of all the Chicago & Alton's property, from stations to lanterns. "What am I bid?" he asked after a description of each of the five lots into which...
...radios. Le Baron's radio controls are placed in the vanity-box so they may be operated from the rear seat. . . . Duesenberg,* by Judkin, has a complete liquor cabinet. . . . Dashboards are more complicated than ever, with altimeters popular. . . . Much chromium is used on many cars. Some gold and silver plating and solid bronze are used. . . . Metal tire covers are prominent. . . . Radically modern for Brewster was a Rolls-Royce body with everything, including doors, slanting sharply backward. This Rolls-Royce cost $21,750, was the most expensive car. Next was an $18,600 Isotta. . . . Adjustable "Pullman" seats were in evidence...