Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Charles Vance Millar, Toronto attorney, died. He had accumulated a fortune at the bar, at racetracks and in breweries. A bachelor, he bequeathed $500,000 of his estate to the Toronto woman who bore the most children within the ten-year period following his death. Last week in Toronto each of the two leading contenders for the prize money bore a child. Mrs. Frances Lillian Kenny, 31, gave birth to a girl, her eleventh child since the race began. Mrs. Grace Bagnato, 41, gave birth to a boy, her ninth child in the race...
Twelve members of the Varsity hockey squad will journey to Lake Placid during the Christmas recess and will oppose the Toronto University stickmen in three games there on December 28, 29, and 31 in the Lake Placid Arena. These engagements will not be official contests for either team but will allow the Crimson players practice which has been lacking this year due to the restricted sessions at the Arena and will give the Canadians some real scrimmaging before they meet official opponents in New York in the early part of January...
...Uniform. Miss McGee, who squeezes the last drop of perverse venom from her characterization, is a reed-slim actress of 23 who can pass on any stage for 13. Born of British parents in South Africa, she was taken to Canada when young, went to the University of Toronto. She has been trouping for four years, is thoroughly sick of the child parts she plays so admirably...
...Stanley Cup last year, the Chicago Black Hawks suffered a blow when their star goalie, Charles ("Chuck") Gardiner, died of a brain tumor last summer. To bolster their scoring attack, the Black Hawks traded Defenseman Lionel Conacher for speedy Forward Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens. Irvin ("Ace") Bailey, Toronto Maple Leaf star who was nearly killed in a game early last season, was still unfit for play last week. The New York Rangers had a crop of new forwards, one of whom is Manager Lester Patrick's Son Lynn, making his professional début. In Boston, Lester...
Games. In their first appearance, the St. Louis Eagles lost, 3-10-1, but only after the Chicago Black Hawks made two goals in the last five minutes. In their second, they beat the Rangers, 4-to-2. The Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston in their opener, 5-to-3, and two nights later nosed out the Canadiens, 2-to-1. The Detroit Red Wings used a new goalie, Normie Smith, lost their opening game to Boston...