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Died. Brigadier General Sir William Horwood, 75, onetime chief of Scotland Yard (1920-28). World War I Provost Marshal of the British Expeditionary Force in France; after a brief illness; in West Mersea, England. Grey-mustached Sir William's principles were as high as his bowler, his methods sometimes as narrow as his collar. He did not like the idea of female bobbies. In 1922 he cunningly waved away poisoned éclairs sent to him by mail, soon afterwards mistook some arsenious chocolate creams for an expected gift. He recovered-and succeeded in tracking down the insane sender...
Chicago's gilded old Auditorium, built for the voices of Caruso and Adelina Patti, echoed last week with the contralto exclamations of bowling pins. The best bowler in the U.S., 46-year-old Johnny Crimmins of Detroit, was trying for the national match-game championship. During the year, he had won 15 major tournaments, averaged 207 pins per game, earned $5,000 in prizes. He was out to beat 33-year-old Ned Day, who had held the title since...
Champion Ned Day has practically retired from tournament play. In partnership with Comedian Harold Lloyd (Hollywood's best bowler) and onetime Champion Hank Marino, Day operates a profitable "bowling establishment" at Santa Monica, Calif., within earshot of Douglas Aircraft war workers. But to help swell the gate receipts of this year's All-Star Bowling Tournament (for the benefit of Chicago's Service Men's Center), Champion Day was persuaded to defend his title once more before entering the Navy -not only against Challenger Crimmins but against the ten highest scorers among the 100 All-Star...
...great leader to have during the blitz. His personality was all roast beef and there was something of the thick British fog in the voice that uttered the inspiring words. When Winston Churchill donned his flat-topped bowler and walked among the bomb craters, the people felt that they were seeing the very image of a modern, improved, but deeply traditional and indomitable John Bull. His crusty vigor also suggested the coat of mail of a new St. George, fronting the snorting dragon, Hitler ("that wicked...
...Green Bowler...