Word: usual
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile, Franklin I continued aboard the Houston down the west coast of Mexico, battling yellow-tails, striped pargo, bluejacks, broomtailed groupers, losing a big shark. At the Equator, the usual elaborate horseplay for "pollywogs" who had never crossed it before was conducted by the "shellbacks." Chief pollywog was Secretary Stephen Early, the Press's sole contact with the President. Chief shellback: Franklin Roosevelt...
...churches throughout the U. S. as fast as the Servites-whose permission, willingly granted, had to be asked before a church could adopt the ritual-were able to get around to direct the opening services. The seven Servite Stations are devoted to the sorrows of Mary, whereas the usual 14 Stations are devoted to the Passion of Christ...
...left the future of the Salzburg Festival in doubt. Maestro Toscanini, implacable foe of Naziism, immediately announced his resignation. Nazi racial policies ruled out Salzburg's two remaining luminaries. Conductor Bruno Walter and Stage Director Reinhardt. Though Nazi authorities soon announced that the festival would be continued as usual, it was obvious that Salzburg, 1938 model, was going to be very different from the Salzburgs that had preceded...
...Specifications: age, 48; height, 5 ft. 9 in.; weight, 155; hair, black & thinning; sport, golf (usual score: 95-100): wife; son, 17; daughters, 15, 13. Home, Flushing...
...WALL-Mary Roberts Rinehart-Farrar & Rinehart ($2). Mrs. Rinehart with her usual smooth craftsmanship and deft handling of a large cast tells how the indiscretions of a beautiful divorcee lead to three murders in a New England summer colony. Rivals may turn out more striking stories, but the suspense and atmosphere of The Wall make it the safest bet of the month for readers who want mysteries of general rather than specialized interest...