Word: warded
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Died. Sax Rohmer (pen name for Arthur Sarsfield Ward), about 76, creator of 20th century English fiction's most durable villain: Fu Manchu; after long illness ; in London. Modeled on a mysterious Chinese Rohmer spotted one night in 1913 in the Limehouse fog, wily, sinister Fu Manchu outwitted his Anglo-Saxon pursuers in and out of 13 books and the most exotic parts of the world, assembled a memorable team of Oriental ogres to dispose of his victims, lured such connoisseurs of evil as Boris Karloff and Warner (Charlie Chan) Oland to portray him on screen, almost died horribly...
Yvette Hennig Ward is a chic and vigorous woman of 48 whose specialty for years has been refurbishing the 63 regional offices of St. Paul's Brown & Bigelow with the classy décor suited to the world's biggest manufacturer of advertising calendars and novelties. Last week Yvette Ward got the chance to use her woman's talent for refurbishing on an even grander scale. A week after the death of her husband, B. & B.'s President Charles A. Ward, she moved into his place as president. Hardly had she slipped her trim, horsewoman...
...going to be president," says Mrs. Ward, "it's important for people to know that you are." She hinted that she had definite changes in mind for the company, but discreetly added that she does not intend to "rock the boat-yet." She has also taken over the top post in sales, will later delegate sales supervision to a vice president, "but he must prove his worth." Says Mrs. Ward: "It's a man's world, and I'm not sure that isn't the way it should be. So what happens is that...
Color in the Zoo. Yvette Ward's career gives her reason for confidence. A onetime vaudeville dancer, teacher and secretary, she met her husband when she visited his home in 1935 to advise him on interior decoration. Ward put her on one of his most spirited horses-"He wanted to see if I could stay on. I just decided I would. I was like a burr on the horse's back. But he finally decided that if a horse couldn't get rid of me, he couldn't either." They were married...
...Ward was an ex-convict (Leavenworth on a narcotics charge) who had gained respectability and success as president of B. & B., which grew under him from a $2,000,000 gross to $59 million last year. Yvette Ward's first big job for his company was redecorating the conservative, antique-filled lobby of the main plant in St. Paul. Recalls she: "I went extremely modern, but before the paint was dry, the executives were crying that I was ruining the place. My husband told them to stay out of the lobby until it was done. Then they loved...