Word: suede
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Emmy Göring has sued Hermann for divorce, reported the Stockholms-Tidnin-gen. She confided that there had never been any "real" marriage between them. And besides, said she, she never really liked him: she just sympathized with him.
Fred Perry, 36-year-old ex-world champion tennist (amateur and pro), was sued for divorce by his second wife, who charged cruelty. (Cinemactress Helen Vinson had divorced him in 1940 after complaining that he made her attend all his tennis matches.)
Hunt's promptly sought an injunction, sued the union for treble damages, charged that the union had violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by combining to restrain trade. Ruling on an appeal, the Supreme Court, in a bitterly argued 5-to-4 decision, threw the company's case...
Anything but That. In Detroit, a hotel sued to oust a paying guest because he had too many girl friends. When the housekeeper tried to testify as to what went on in his room, she fainted.
SimÓn Patiňo, Bolivia's eightyish, enormously wealthy "Tin King," was sued in Manhattan for $500,000 by his godchild, French-born Suzanne Auclert Roth, 24. Her charge: Patiňo, worth an estimated $500 million, had promised her $1,000 a month for the rest...