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...from Die Meistersinger, for which he made his own English translation. On a different occasion critics would have commented lengthily on Baritone Lawrence Tibbett who was stalwartly enacting his first Hans Sachs. But the evening was Walter Damrosch's and the time one for testimonials. Applause reached its peak after Mrs. August Belmont had spoken of his "unsurpassed influence in developing among the American people a love for great music." Excessively modest was the hero's reply: He felt like a beggar made king for a day. He owed everything to his father "who emigrated from the land...
...tooth paste company, . goes on the road for his rival selling dentifrice with liquor flavors. Complicated principally by the necessity for outwitting her father's star salesman (William Gargan) while she falls in love with him, Angela Twitchell's career reaches its peak when, at a Chicago drug convention, she sees to it that her rival and fiance arrives late in a plane whose pilot she has hired to advertise cocktail tooth paste in skywriting...
Apparently the long wrangle in Congress over the Work Relief Bill has had only one effect on the President's plans. Originally it was intended to get the peak of the work program--the employment of 7,000,000 men--under way in October. Today, Mr. Roosevelt said he believed the top would not be touched until November...
...reported that Medica, while practicing in the Harvard pool during the past week, has swum world record figures; while Gilhula is at the very peak of his career, having shattered new records in practice races and wiped out several records held by Medica...
...With world nickel sales up 27% and orders from the United Kingdom at an all-time peak, International Nickel Co. of Canada reported 1934 profits of $18,487,000 against $9,663,000 the year before...