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...dead. Milan, the present Crown Prince, who shoots horses out of his way rather than walk around them, is suspected of conniving with Italy to hand over the Tokar oilfields, is suspected of being a bastard as well. Prince Marko, a pretender, also threatens to make the Illyrian throne rock as soon as the huge, aging Stephan steps down...
...first unit opera stage, has the largest portable outdoor stage lighting equipment ever assembled. They built ten great ramps tilted toward the audience, broke these up into myriad levels. There is a revolving unit 30 ft. high, which last week furnished a mountain pass in Carmen, a monster throne and then a tomb in AH da, the waterfall in Tom-Tom. For the mountain in last week's Die Walküre, nothing less than a real one would do, so Laurence Productions built...
What happened was that, while slim King Prajadhipok and curvesome Queen Rambai Barni were disporting themselves at their seaside palace of Huahin last week, Siamese officers suddenly pounced on other members of the royal family and locked them up for the night in His Majesty's marble and uncomfortable Throne Hall. One of Siam's war boats was sent to the King, bearing what His Majesty chose to call an "ultimatum" and at once "graciously accepted" adding "what the People's Party have done is quite right!" Boarding a special train, the King & Queen returned amid cheers to Bangkok. Everyone...
...country's sole contribution to world culture. U. S. plumbing annually reaches new esthetic and utilitarian highs. Last week King Prajadhipok missed new plumbing highs in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. A magenta watercloset built all in one piece of porcelain stood alone on a green throne, simpler than Prajadhipok's. A seven-foot bathtub surnamed the Bourbon Luxury was flooded with soft lighting, framed in banks of peonies, on a marble stage. The National Association of Master Plumbers' annual exposition was definitely art-conscious. The Master Plumbers claimed that their "glorification of the unmentionable...
...along to the Navy Department. They have been together ever since, call each other "Franklin" and "Louis," share the Governor's town house on East 65th Street. Lacking personal ambition, Secretary Howe keeps himself far in the background, vigorously denies that he is the "power-behind-the-Roosevelt-throne." "I just get things done for him," he insists?answer-ing letters, reading speeches, seeing people. But smart politicians know that Louis Howe has "yes or no" authority from the Governor. They always seek him out, fill him full of their desires and schemes. Well out of the spotlight, he will...