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...impassively as British censor officers came alongside. While seamen removed from the Rex's hold 334 bags of U. S. mail addressed to Germany and Poland, Sumner Welles, U. S. Under Secretary of State, left his post at the rail, joined the British officers at tea on the veranda deck. Presumably as a compliment to him, the Rex was cleared in the record time of three hours and 40 minutes. Then the British officers politely said good-by to polite Mr. Welles, and went off with the U. S. property they had come to seize...
Next morning Frank Murphy was up at 8 a. m., breakfasted in his room (No. 12) on one ascetic glass of orange juice, then went out on the veranda to work diligently over mail and official-looking reports. Occasionally he would go inside, make long telephone calls. He had a portable radio which he tuned to catch all news reports, and he carried it with him when he went to the beach at n :30. There he stood for 15 minutes, knee-deep on the hissing shingle. After his circulation was thus methodically aroused, he plunged in, swam past...
...aspirations and the entertainment value of this picture, a great deal of cinema film has run through projection machines since old New Orleans was first presented as the epitome of U. S. historical glamor. Nowadays it does not seem much better than a bore, and all the flounced dresses, veranda columns and old plantation dialogue in Hollywood-on which The Toy Wife appears to be trying to corner the market-cannot completely change it. Produced with MGM's customarily scrupulous attention to visual detail, the picture relates with considerable pictorial beauty the lachrymose story of Gilberte Brigard, nicknamed "Frou...
...assistant, who has kept a detailed record of the children's conduct: "The Quints are practically ignorant of life lived by other people, except for rare visits to the hospital kitchen which is a great treat. . . . They were slow to learn bladder control because five commodes on the veranda made going to the toilet a social treat...
...Casino at Monte-Carlo is more than a gambling place. On one side are the gambling rooms. On the other, there's a theatre, rooms for art exhibitions, dog shows, baby parades, flower shows and further on a nice veranda over-looking the sea: just the right elevation for a splendid view and suicides...