Word: softspoken
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...Earth (music by Negro "Composer Reginald Forsythe) the attempted emulsion of ballet technique and hot-cha failed to mix. St. Louis Women (music by famed W. C. Handy) was straight hot-cha, and might have been done better at the Cotton Club. Encouraged by first-nighters' applause, softspoken, boyish-faced von Grona and his blonde wife Leni decided that their Negro ballet had a great future...
Sitting on the bench in the stuffy courtroom last week was Judge Patrick Thomas Stone, 48, regular presiding justice for the district. Appointed by President Roosevelt in 1933, he is softspoken, dignified, erect, has a reputation for scrupulous fairness. That he would tolerate no undue fuss and delay became apparent when he succeeded in getting a jury chosen on the first day, instead of allowing the week that had been estimated would be necessary. His sternness was also apparent in the first skirmish of the trial, when Prosecutor Hammond Edward Chaffetz, 30, who has been with the Department of Justice...
...Softspoken, studious Francisco Franco Bahamonde is no university man. He was born in Galicia 45 years ago, son of the commandant of the Ferrol naval base. In the tradition of a thoroughly militaristic family, elder Brother Nicolas went into the navy, second son Francisco went into the Infantry Academy at Toledo's Alcazar at the age of 14. In due time youngest brother Ramon Franco went into the aviation service. Shockheaded, wild-eyed Brother Ramon Franco was the first member of the family to make world headlines. In 1926, widely hailed as the "Spanish Lindbergh," he flew non-stop...
Widow Leslie has long written a daily editorial for the News under her own name, and many a hoaxed reader sends Columnist Nancy Brown messages and gifts to hand to Editorial Writer Leslie. At 65 she is a small, plump person, shy, softspoken, white-haired. She belongs to the Unitarian Church, lives at No. 1224 Glynn Court, Detroit...
...financial head and used to be the top salesman. In the company's salad days he was not above going down to the railroad station to greet incoming purchasing agents as they stepped off the train. But Salesman Block never used high-pressure methods. Amiable, gentle, softspoken, he resembles the oldtime drummer only in that he continually smokes a long black cigar...