Famous McLean Mansion Gives Way to Housing, Hope Diamond Owner Reynolds Mother-In-Law
Oct. 31 report on Evalyn Walsh McLean and the Friendship mansion being replaced by a federal housing project. The piece recounts the McLean wealth and treasures, prior McLean residences, and notable visitors, including diplomats, judges, and celebrities, plus the transition of property to government use for 720 flats and 1,125 rooms. It notes McLean’s life, the Hope diamond, and connections to Senator Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Hope Diamond
Reynolds
Jan Washington
Hope
Lean
Frank
Georgetown
President Harding
Evalyn
Harding
McLean J
KtcLean
Jack
McLean “Party
I (Eye
John Russell Pope
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Walsh
Rural Rehabilitation Administration
Red Cross
Evalyn Walsh
Ned McLean
Vinson
Leopold
Belgium
Bob
Jock
Ned
Evelyn
Senator Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
McLeans
Lindbergh
Enrico Caruso Jr. From a $23 000 record collection tale
A Hotel Ansonia evening tale recalls a mysterious singer with sensational voice and sharp stage presence who failed to build a career due to the shadow of a famous father. The narrator reveals the man recorded at Nolo Studios on Broadway, later identifying him as Enrico Caruso Jr. and noting career misfires and a fearsome public image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Upper Broadway
Jones
Brahms
Joachim
Signor di Giovanni
Edward Johnson
Jean de Reszke
Metropolitan
Rodolfo
O. Henry
Nolo Studios
Broadway
Enrico Caruso, Jr
Russian revolutionary figure Vladimir Bourtsev dies in Paris
Advices from Paris confirm Vladimir Bourtsev, noted Russian revolutionary, died September 3 in Paris. A member of the People's Will, he exposed a Tsarist police spy in 1909, later leading the Social Revolutionary Party which allied with the Bolsheviks in the 1917 October Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Paris
Vladimir Bourtsev
People’s Will Party
Social Revolutionary Party
Bolshevists
Bevin praises French resistance to Nazi pressure
London report quotes Labor Minister Ernest Bevin commending French resistance to German and Vichy efforts to mobilize European workers. He condemns the claim that workers are slaves. In Trinidad port traffic has nearly doubled over the past year amid a local boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Vichy
Germany
Europe
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Washington hostess with a famed, luxury home and Hope Diamond
The Washington society figure known as Mrs. McLean hosts a lavish estate in Georgetown described as Temples of Love with turquoise pool rooms and carved Mexican doors. Her fashion ranges from sequins to rich fabrics and she proudly wears the Hope Diamond like a charm, joking she could pawn it if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Washington
Alexander Kirk
McLean
Radio Programs for Sunday November 1 Across Time Zones
Daily schedule listing hourly radio programs across Eastern War Time with corrections. Includes Robert St John talks, Labor For Victory, Modern Music from KYW, Haven of Rest, New York Philharmonic, The Official Army Hour, news roundups, comedy shows, dramas, and musical programs spanning from 1:00 PM to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert St. John
Horace Heidt
Church of the Air
Ebs
Philip Keyne-cordon
Labor For Victory
Nbe Post
Camp Wheeler
KYW
Nbbe
Cbs Haven of Rest
Nilig
Samimy Kave
Nbe
Jim
Cbs Pilgrim Radio
Miles
Chicago
Cbs
John Vandercook
Phy
New York Philharmonic Orchebs
Fortix
Chamber Iensemble
Ibs
Nhe
Pau Lavalle
Andre Westelaners
Ens Young People's Church
Nibs
NBC Symphony
Toscaniuim
Moylan Sisters
Basis
Panvoing Music Orchestra
Blu- West
Gladys Swarthout
Dbs-Basise
Hawaii
Ink Spors
Musical Steelmakers
Wmn. L. Srirer
Britain
America
Edward R. Murrow
London
Irene Ritch
Drew Pearson
Bhy Sergt
Gena Allury
Aweich
Edward Tomlinson
Mary
Blue Light
Hlt
F.ou
Foliz
Bandwagon Orchestra
Joe Stelly
Af Cl—pty
We the People
Ebs Stars and Stripes
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Earl Godwin
Big Commandos
Cbhy
American Forum
Gibbis
Finney
Skerch
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Walter Winchell
Blu-Basic
Conrad Nage
Mbs
Npbe
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Bluy
Fred Allen
Ifis Tale
Dorothy Thompson
Pbhy
Phil Spitalny
Girt Orch
Phil Baker
John B. Hughes
Len Herne
Creightons
Nbe-Basic
Cns
Walter Winehell
Parker
Nbe-West
Wariers
Hlu
Rbs
Tanttan
Rome Reports Lull In African Fight
Rome reports a lull in the battle in Egypt with British incursions routed. Axis fighters downed seven British planes and anti aircraft fire destroyed another. A railway and road near El Alamein and El Hammam were bombed and machine gunned. Two auxiliary motor vessels in the eastern Mediterranean were attacked and one probably sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Beypt
el Alamein
el Hammam
Ila
Ope
Mexico to call 183757 in 1943 draft
Mexico will call up 183757 men for the 1943 military draft, as reported by national defense department attaches. The first group of 10000 will be inducted in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
National Defense Department
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Evalyn Walsh McLean
Benvenut Cellini
Dresden
U. S
Egypt
Nicholas
Alice Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Joseph Hergesheimer
Elsa Maxwell
J. Edgar Hoover
Jerome Zerbe
Wisconsin Avenue
Ring-Harris
Mack’s Market Corner High
South Wrenn
Sruby'h
Igh Point
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
John Briggs
ZI Ami
New York
Monte Carlo
Duke Power Company
Bevin
W. F. Austin & Son
High Point
Wrenn and
Washington Streets
Central
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
HIATT
Moffitt
Main and
English Sts
Ben L. Herman
Business World
DIAL
South Main Street
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