Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...executive committee of the Governors' conference met last week in Washington. Afterwards they went to the White House to pay their respects to President Hoover. Rhode Island's Case made the presentations, after announcing that they "didn't want anything." Broke in Virginia's Pollard: "Hold on! The Governor of Rhode Island may not want anything but he's not voicing my sentiments. Down our way we want a whole lot." President Hoover grinned. ¶ Over a new 3,000-mi. wire leased by the Associated Press to connect New York and Mexico City, President...
Richard Chalfont (John Williams of One, Two, Three!) has all the qualifications for Colonial Secretary to a small island. He has lived there, knows the language and people, has written thick books about the place. In addition he has an admirable wife, charming, meek little Helen Hayes. But the Earl of Darnaway has already promised the job to one of his wife's relations, a gentleman of title, many debts, not much sense. Fortunately Miss Hayes discovers that the Countess of Darnaway has had an affair with her husband's aide...
...Spangled Banner." Far to the east are the smoke and glare of the great new Bethlehem Steel mills. North of Baltimore planes detour to give a wide berth to the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground. Thence: Havre de Grace racetrack; Philadelphia's desolate Sesquicentennial Exposition site; Hog Island...
Cities considering chests include: Augusta, Me.; New Kensington, Pa.; Mankato, Minn.; Edmonds, Wash.; St. George, Staten Island; Modesto, Calif.; Litchfield, 111.; Springfield...
William Aspin wall Robertson '31 of Hewlett. Long Island, N. Y., has been elected captain of the 1931 Harvard wrestling team. He was named to replace Charles D. Newhart who was elected captain last March. He prepared at Andover...