Word: tour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British Commonwealth even more closely together. This huge sum was given by an anonymous British donor as a thank offering for Mr. Baldwin's masterly success in keeping Mrs. Simpson off the throne of England. For some time, Lord Baldwin has been expected to make a tour of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, to see about spending the $37,500 annual income from this Imperial Trust. But the Earl has been in no hurry. On the day he ceased to be Prime Minister, he discarded formal morning suit, heavy gold watch chain, and stiff wing collar of Statesmanship...
...officer & gentleman of the U. S. Army may proceed by rote from West Point to the grave. His future is assured by the God and Manual of Arms. For him: field duty, a tour in Washington, assignment to the Philippines, Hawaii, China, or some domestic doghouse, and always the crawl up the promotion lists from lieutenant to captain to major, perhaps to a colonelcy or even to the final glory of a general's stars. For his wife: the same, plus a lifetime with other army wives. How some of them live was told last week in a whitewashed...
...monster naval base at Singapore lies the pleasant realm of the wealthy, virile, tiger-hunting Sultan of Johore who, as an Oriental potentate, is entitled to have at least one attractive British woman staying at his palace on approval. His Highness, while making a round-the-world tour in 1934, was photographed in Hollywood with Mae West, and was the guest in Washington of Mr. & Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Last week, the Sultan again was news because, when he recently returned to Johore from a holiday in Sumatra, he had with him and seemed intent on marrying a pert number...
...country's top-ranking professionals driving off in the $7,500 St. Paul Open, the golfer they were most anxious to see was the fabulous Walter Hagen, now 45, who had just returned to U. S. tournament play after a two-year globe-trotting exhibition tour. "The Haig" to prince and plumber alike, most colorful player the game ever developed, winner of 35 major championships (including two U. S. Opens, four British Opens and five P. G. A. titles) in the past 25 years, Golfer Hagen has earned over $1,000,000 and spent it with the flourish...
Nelson Eddy (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC-Red) returns to the cast of the Chase & Sanborn Hour from concert tour. Guest star: John Barrymore...