Word: victor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...part of the picture he wobbles about carrying a goatskin water bag. In the last part, he inspires a scared-looking Rudyard Kipling to produce a commemorative poem. The rest of the time Gunga Din's doings are eclipsed by those of three agile young sergeants-Gary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks...
...usual story of native uprisings constant suspense, some rollicking humor, and incidentally an interesting characterization of Kipling's immortal water boy. Battling a band of natives who worship the goddess of blood and show their devotion by strangling some thirty thousand persons a year, are Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. These men engage in the usual pitched battles, of course, but this time skill and originality of direction make them more than mere spectacles; and more important, the leads take time out now and then for delightful humorous escapades...
...Staff was reported to be contemplating occupying the Island of Minorca and Spanish Morocco if the Italian-backed Rebels win the war. There were scary rumors that the Rebel-held side of the French-Spanish frontier had been fortified. There were predictions that a Mediterranean "Munich," with Italy the victor and France the loser, was in the offing...
...Long Island, that ships were avoiding Pitcairn because of false rumor of typhoid, and that the islanders needed food and medicines. W21XY (Radio Amateur Dorothy Hall of Queens) got in touch with Manhattan' British Consulate, got help started for Pitcairn (TIME, Aug. 1). Since then she and W2KSZ (Victor DeGhett of Brooklyn) have kept in regular touch with the island...
...phases, as Captain Harvey Ross and Princeton's Froshay will try to determine who is the superior. Last year, Ross defeated his opponent in the dual meet with Princeton, but lost to him again at the Eastern Collegiate matches. Tomorrow, at least for the time being, will decide the victor...