Word: victorias
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...twenty-third, the Victoria Aero Club, suspended last spring because its aircraft crashed...
When they hear the name Rothschild uttered, they can turn to FORTUNE, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 99-104, for an intimate gallery of that great European banking family of whom Disraeli said to Queen Victoria: "I am of the opinion, madame, that there never can be too many Rothschilds." FORTUNE presented, by tribes, several dozen Rothschilds now living, including one-eyed Baron James, duelling Senator Maurice, fat doctor-playwright Baron Henri (under a parasol, sitting on a dead hippopotamus) and fatter Baron Lionel Walter, who collects fleas...
...circuit is temporary, at the most alternative, for Canada. The Dominion is now working out a line from Montreal to Winnipeg by way of Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, and Allanwater. When that is instituted, and the proposed extension comes into being between Calgary and Victoria, Canada will have a continuous airway 3,000 miles long...
...Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby is not a name like Rosie Rosenberg. His father was private secretary to the late great Victoria, Queen and Empress, who made "dear little Arthur" her pageboy. From knee breeches and gold lace Mr. Ponsonby grew up to be a Liberal politician, but his conscientious objection to the World War caused him to be ostracised by all his friends and he was forced into the Labor Party. Last week, as one of the staunchest intimates of the Prime Minister, Mr. Ponsonby, M. P., was created Baron...
...streamline" into auto manufacturers' mouths. The speed boat's influence may be observed in the stern of many modern racy roadsters. But most limousine designers still seem to think that their job is to produce a nostalgic reminder of the grand days of the landau and victoria...