Word: whitings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...DISHONORABLE - ludicrous scherzo about a speakeasy and an innocent but willing beauty. THE CRIMINAL CODE-the laws of God are not on the statutes. JUNE MOON-magnificent satire on songwriting by Ring W. Lardner & George S. Kaufman. Musical: WHOOPEE, FOLLOW THRU, THE LITTLE SHOW, HOT CHOCOLATES, SWEET ADELINE, GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS. Best Pictures...
...Walsh, Caraway and Blaine. When he attempted to speak in self-defense, Senator Walsh jerked him up with: "The trouble you're in now is due to the fact that you talk too much." He writhed in his chair and his cheeks were crimson in contrast to his white hair as the investigators spoke of "falsification" and "serving two masters...
...HUNTING SONG In England and Virginia, Ireland and Ohio-wherever British or U. S. horsemen gather, people remembered that song last week, for cub hunting was over, formal fox hunting was beginning. Bank presidents set their alarm clocks for 5:30 a. m. Valets laid out scarlet coats and white breeches. Stalwart young women wore derby hats at dawn. In Britain sportsmen remembered John Peel and his song more than on other Octobers, for last week marked the looth anniversary of the day when one John Woodcock Graves, poet-fox hunter, first bawled "D'ye ken John Peel with...
...County Fair, Kingston, N. C., a cat-washing contest was held last week. Superviser was D. Eugene Wood, famed Carolina sportsman, who claims to have seen a flight of white crows, who advocates stocking the State's eastern swamps with 10,000 goats to eliminate underbrush and provide new game. Excerpts from Sportsman Wood's cat-washing rules...
...Drive, a skyscraper-Museum, dedicated to one man, was formally opened last week. The man was Professor Nicholas Constantinovich Roerich (TIME, July 1), famed Russian painter-writer-explorer-philosopher. The brick skyscraper, designed by Architect Harvey Wiley Corbett, uniquely graduated in tone from deep purple at the base to white at the top, symbolizes "growth," houses more than 1,000 of Professor Roerich's exotic paintings, is dedicated to international culture, world peace. Present at the dedication was the Professor himself and his two apple-cheeked sons. His audience wandered through the museum, marveled at the "Hall...