Word: spiritualist
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...remarkable claim was advanced, remarkably supported by Critic Richard Capell (London Daily Telegraph) and internationally famed Musicologist Sir Donald Francis Tovey. The claim: that the violinist, Jelly D'Aranyi, grandniece of Joachim, had "discovered" the existence of the "lost" concerto while interviewing Schumann's ghost at a spiritualist seance. Miss D'Aranyi wanted the performing rights for herself, had announced that she would give the world premiere of the concerto in London with the British Broadcasting Co. Orchestra in October. Nazi authorities, seeing the honor of an important premiere slipping from under their noses, decreed that...
...established in 1901 to bolster up a trolley line. Herbert L. Swett had just taken charge of the five-mile line between Skowhegan and an amusement park on the shore of what was then called Hayden's Pond. On the grounds was an auditorium in which were held spiritualist meetings. Mr. Swett thought that a company of actors would encourage a larger volume of traffic for the carline, and he was right...
Arriving in Manhattan with his wife, the former Princess Nina Mdivani, Spiritualist Denis Conan Doyle confided to Manhattan newshawks that he was in constant communication with his late father, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Said he: "My father has never failed to advise me on my personal and business relations. Not once since he died six years ago has he advised me wrong. The only time I did not follow his instructions I was nearly killed...
Married. Denis Percy Stewart Conan Doyle, spiritualist son of the late Spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and Mrs. Nina Mdivani Huberich, sister of the "Marrying Mdivanis," divorced last May from Manhattan Lawyer Charles Henry Huberich; in Bridgend, Wales...
...usual, the two outstanding figures were the Congress' President Jeannette Knepprath and Secretary Emma Phaler. A spiritualist, married to a Milwaukee chiropractor, President Knepprath has been handling bowling affairs for 18 years, is still a poor bowler herself. So is Secretary Phaler whose pleasant efficiency ("She is the kind of woman you could run over and borrow a cup of sugar from") has made her the backbone of the organization. A certified public accountant, she sends out the prize money so soon after the tournament's end that the delegates gladly elected her for the fourth time. Despite...