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...Their Majesties expressed themselves," reported the Illustrated London News, "as specially pleased with the tameness of the animals." Last week a visitor's hat blew over the low double fence around the lion pit. Obligingly after it hopped one Stanley Stenson, 25, a zoo truck driver. His ami was stretched through the second fence when, like a cat after a bird, a lion leaped, sank its great fangs, pulled him down into the pit. Three other lions pounced. While onlookers screamed helplessly, the lions dragged Stanley Stenson off into a clump of English hawthorn, crunched him to death...
...which Stavisky was in the habit of putting up from time to time for rush loans. During the week two men closely connected with the case attempted to commit suicide. Scrabbling through the Stavisky correspondence, investigators discovered a letter to Stavisky with the salutation "Cher Monsieur et Bon Ami-", supposed to have been written by Henri Hurlaux, assistant prosecuting attorney of the Court of Appeal. White-chinned old Henri Chéron, Minister of Justice, promptly removed good Friend Hurlaux who struck an attitude and attempted to swallow poison. He was rushed to a hospital where he signed a statement...
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...announced that in future payments will be determined annually. Its big subsidiary, United Gas Corp., halved its first preferred. Transamerica Corp. announced that while it could pay a dividend now it will not. Penick & Ford, Ltd. surprised Wall Street by doubling its usual 50? extra. Chesebrough Manufacturing and Bon Ami maintained their extra payments but Coca-Cola passed its usual $1 extra (blamed: taxation). R. H. Macy & Co. passed its usual 5% stock extra. Chesapeake & Ohio maintained its $2.50 rate and is the only U. S. road to pay the same dividend as in 1930. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific...
...Shinshu sect, one of Buddhism's twelve major branches. They were preluding a Pan-Pacific Buddhists' Conference to be held in Tokyo in 1934. Mostly Orientals, they came from homes in Canada, Hawaii, various parts of the U. S. Frequent in their devotions was the repeated "Namu Ami Dabutsu," a Buddhist hymn which means "Let us follow the Buddha...