Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Died. Veteran Comedienne Polly (Pauline Theresa) Moran, 66, who starred in early Mack Sennett two-reelers, hit her peak as Marie Dressler's sparring partner in such early-talkie slapstick wrangles as Prosperity, Caught Short; of a heart ailment; in Hollywood...
...Iran, Aramco wasted no time arguing. The company promptly announced that it was moving its operating headquarters from New York to Dhahran. Board Chairman W. S. S. Rodgers, who is also chairman of the Texas Co., resigned. Into office as chairman went old Middle East Hand F. A. Davies, veteran oil diplomat, who has been serving as Aramco's executive vice president. The new chairman and other top executives would henceforth live in Saudi Arabia...
Other unseemly tennis news last week: ¶ In Miami, a group of disgruntled, discarded U.S. Davis Cup players, headed by veteran (37) Gardnar Mulloy, challenged the losing U.S. team to a charity match. Several members of the five-man team denied knowledge of the challenge. But Mulloy stuck to it, explained: "The whole thing was based on the selection of Schroeder for the Cup team." ¶ In Australia, while Frank Sedgman's "wedding gift" fund (TIME, Jan. 14) swelled to $11,892, Aussie Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman spoke out about "amateur" tennis in his Melbourne Herald column...
Last week the owner and editor, Norman Rose, 36, celebrated by bringing out his fifth-anniversary edition. An ex-scriptwriter for M.G.M., Rose has a one-man editorial staff: his wife Betsy, once his assistant at M.G.M. Rose, a World War II veteran who didn't want to get back into the Hollywood rat race, bought the Crier for less than $1,800, when it had a mere 1,800 circulation and was losing money. He went out soliciting subscriptions and ads while Betsy did most of the reporting and writing. Now the Crier yields Norman and Betsy Rose...
...film's contrived script hits its characters with virtually everything that the Korean War can inflict on the home front. In the thick of these blows is Dana Andrews, a World War II veteran and reserve officer, prospering as a contractor. He sees a young employee go off to the army and death in battle. He watches while the draft board takes his brother (Farley Granger) in the midst of a juvenile romance with the daughter (Peggy Dow) of the draft-board chairman...