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...Bird In Hand" which has been playing at the Majestic for a few weeks before rather small audiences confirms the theory that Bostonians do not know a good play when they see one. From the circumspect shadows of Beacon Street to the more bizarre shades of Revere there is always the cry that this city never gets a good play. Judging from the perverse manner in which these same people choose to distribute their patronage, it is little wonder that the producers do not turn the city over to the Mutual Burlesque circuit and content themselves with more discriminating cities...
...George Higgins Moses. Nominees Keyes and Winant will oppose in the November election the same man-Albert Willington Noone, 84, Wet, wealthy, of Peterboro. Mr. Noone had won both the Democratic gubernatorial and Senatorial nomination. He promised if elected not only to build the world's largest electric beacon on Mt. Temple, but also to hold both offices simultaneously. Nominee Noone is more famed for his diamond-studded shirts than for any capacity to turn Republican New Hampshire Democratic...
Gasoline Telegraph. Postal Telegraph & Cable's 7,000 branch offices last week became 10,500. The new ones were filling stations of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Colonial Beacon Oil, Standard Oil of Indiana, Standard Oil of Pennsylvania, Standard Oil of California, Standard Oil of Louisiana, Standard Oil of Ohio, Standard Oil of Nebraska, Utah Oil Refining Co. Under the terms of the agreement, the stations will display Postal signs, attendants will furnish blanks. They will carry the blanks out to motorists sitting in their cars at the pump, if desired, and immediately telephone their messages to the nearest...
Toward midnight Boatswain R. Anderson of the Coast Guard Patrol Boat No. 215 sighted the Sabalo's wavering beacon, overtook her. What happened next was a matter of strange dispute. Capt. Kelley later charged that C. G. 215 ignored his plea for help and steamed away. Boatswain Anderson insisted his offer of aid had been declined, that he had trailed the Sabalo which, he said, steamed for about an hour with its searchlight turned...
...from Manhattan to the foot of the Castle Crags, near Redding, northern California. They reached there on Mr. Macfadden's 62nd birthday. While the pilgrims watched, dignitaries of the Redding Chamber of Commerce disclosed a bronze plaque fixed to the central peak, and unveiled a $70,000 airplane beacon (which Mr. Macfadden had paid for). The plaque designated the mountain as Macfadden Peak (TIME, July 7) "in recogni- tion of the public services of Bernarr Macfadden, apostle of health, and in honor of his spectacular influence in arousing the nation to the benefits of life in Nature...