Word: visitations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Object of Magda de Fontanges' visit to the U. S. was to capitalize on her misbehavior by appearing as a show girl at New York's French Casino cabaret. When the Normandie, on which she had saved part of her first-class expense money by traveling tourist, docked in New York, immigration officials refused to let her disembark. Next day, Magda de Fontanges was whisked to Ellis Island where, in an interview with ship news reporters she declared, "My only interest is to obtain a gainful occupation for the purpose of making an honorable living." Same...
...presided for some days over the vain efforts of Belgian politicians to find a successor for able, honest but scandal- seared Premier Paul van Zeeland, who recently resigned (TIME, Nov.1), calmly announced that Dr. van Zeeland will continue in office as Premier while King Leopold this week makes a visit of state in London to King George...
...issues, political prophets expressed the belief that a special session would be called, and that when that session assembled, there would be at hand a splendid barometer for testing popular sentiment on the subject of the New Deal. For the President, as well as the Congressmen, was to visit many of the important constituencies, and, they argued, the attitude when Congress re-assembled would reflect, to a large extent, the attitude of the voters "back home...
...opera, composed by Claudio Monteverdi and given its debut in Venice in 1642. The work has been reconstructed from its fragmentary original score by Ernst Krenek, best known in the U. S. for his jazz opera Jonny Spielt Anf, and as conductor of the Monteverdi work making his first visit...
...Johnson County, Mo., Ben Yocum, 23, went to work on Mr. & Mrs. Ben Williams' farm, confided that his real name was Ipock, got permission to take their daughter Mary Lee Williams, 21, to visit his foster parents, the Yocums. Month later when Ben and Mary returned, Mrs. Williams announced she had a surprise for them: Mary Lee was only an adopted daughter, her real name was Mary Lee Ipock and she was Ben Ipock's sister. Brother & Sister Ipock had a greater surprise for Mrs. Williams: not suspecting their relationship, they had been married a month...