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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...playwright (Sally, Irene & Mary, Honeymoon Lane). It cut over into the movies, first as an actor, then as producer. And it returned to Broadway last January when he produced Big Hearted Herbert. He has also penetrated political high places. Last autumn when President Roosevelt saw the screen version of Buried Alive, Producer Dowling dined at the White House. It was not Mr. Dowling's first food at the Roosevelt table. He has been a Roosevelt backer since 1928. He was a Roosevelt lieutenant at the Chicago Convention in 1932, and subsequently chairman of the Stage & Screen Division...
...Annie Laurie," first popularized by the British soldiers at Sebastopol. She edited the poem thoroughly, made the second stanza read: Her brow is like the snowdrift, Her neck is like the swan, Her face it is the fairest That e'er the sun shone on. . . . Willie Douglas' version: She's backit like the peacock, She's briestit like the swan; She's jimp about the middle, Her waist ye weel micht span. . . . Last week in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Captain Reginald Houldsworth was married to Margaret May Laurie, Annie Laurie's great-great-great-great-great...
...Craig's method of handling this varied and rather large assortment is distinctly praiseworthy. On one page is presented the Spanish original and on the facing page Mr. Craig's English version. These translations are, on the whole, very good. No matter what the theme Mr. Craig seems to be able to approach with understanding the mood, meter, and meaning of the Latin-American poet. Of course something is lost in translating, but one has the feeling that the loss is kept at a minimum. As a study and presentation of the literature of a foreign tongue, this book...
...earned income up to $8,000 whereas the Senate bill allows the same deduction on earned income up to $20,000. The net result of these changes would be to increase the Government's revenue some $28,000,000. To individual taxpayers neither House nor Senate version makes much difference in taxes. Both tend to make men with incomes from salaries pay a little less than at present and to make others pay a little more...
Washington, April 20--State department officials tonight awaited a "corrected version" of Japan's "clarified policy toward China" before taking any steps toward deciding what should be done about...