Word: suede
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sued for Divorce. Harry A. Williams, Jr., real estate broker of Norfolk, Va., by Mrs. Marthena Harrison Williams, who was born in the White House during the incumbency of her grandfather, the late President Benjamin Harrison.
Many of the charges are vague and anonymous. Some of them are ridiculous. Art experts are reserved in their comment-and for good reason. It may cost $500,000 to say another dealer's wares are fake. Sir Joseph Duveen is even now being sued for that amount for...
Sued for Divorce. Alexandra Carlisle, actress, by Dr. Albert Pfeiffer of the Massachusetts Department of Health, who charges desertion. She attended the Republican National Convention in 1920 as an alternate delegate and seconded the nomination of Calvin Coolidge for the Vice Presidency.
Upton Sinclair, militant publicist: "I sued Dr. Max Hussarek, former Premier of Austria, for libel because in reviewing one of my books he characterized me as ' a knave.' The Vienna courts have awarded to me a decision of 500,000 crowns-which is equivalent to the usual '...
Sued for Divorce. Gloria Swanson, motion picture actress, by Herbert K. Somborn, on charge of desertion. Miss Swanson was divorced in 1918 by her previous husband, Wallace Beery, on the same grounds.