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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Surprise Ending. First visit of Sergeant Jurney and his entourage was to the Mayflower Hotel suite of Hopson Lawyer William A. Hill. There was no answer to their knock and the manager opened the room to prove it empty. As they left the hotel a newshawk spotted Mr. Hill telephoning in a booth. In full cry the pack swept across the lobby, carrying curious bystanders with them. The embarrassed lawyer retreated into the bar, where he accepted a contempt citation from Mr. Jurney, said he did not know where his client was but when they met would tell him that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Investigation by Headlines | 8/26/1935 | See Source »

Orchids to Alice Stallknecht Wight for her splendid portrayal of Cape Cod life in her portrait The Last Supper [TIME, Aug. 5]. Looks like a bad night for sailors to visit Chatham's First Congregational Church on Wednesday night. Speaking of sailors, since when have Coast Guard warrant boatswains been exemplified with the title of captain? My only objection. Suggest you read up on naval terms. Would it be possible for the painter to explain the reason for the honor so nobly bestowed upon the Coast Guard? Or does she try to convey to the looking public that members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 19, 1935 | 8/19/1935 | See Source »

Last week Actress Laurette Taylor opened in a play of her own writing. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly, Mrs. Walter Belknap James gave box parties. Governor Green inaugurated a flower show at the Casino. Mr. & Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte arrived to visit her sister, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. Mrs. Amos Tuck French dropped in on her sister, Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard. Du Ponts, Ripleys, Lippincotts arrived aboard their yachts; the Edris, Elfreda, Fox, Orthea, Kikoko, Oceanic all dropped anchor on a single day. Newport was enjoying the height of its Social Season. And last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODE ISLAND: Democratic Newport | 8/19/1935 | See Source »

Buyers who visit Manhattan are no longer hayseeds. Many are college graduates, nearly all read Vogue or Harper's Bazaar, keep up with Paris fashions. Their power over the trade is tremendous. They buy a good slice of the 53,000,000 dozen pairs of socks and stockings sold in the U. S. every six months. They account for perhaps 75% of all high-class women's clothes sold each season. Typical routine of a dress, hat and lingerie buyer from a department store in Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Busy Buyers | 8/19/1935 | See Source »

...last week spread to Virginia, dribbled into the District of Columbia. In North Carolina 496 cases had been reported; in Virginia 298; in the District of Columbia 22. The Navy ceased recruiting in Virginia and North Carolina. At the U. S. Naval Academy midshipmen were forbidden to visit the affected areas. Delaware compelled visitors from Virginia and North Carolina accompanied by children to report to local health officers for surveillance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Spreading Splotch | 8/12/1935 | See Source »

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