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Twice a year, the select, exclusive and somewhat stuffy organization of 50 Washington newsmen known as the Gridiron Club holds a white-tie dinner and frolic in the capital. Traditionally, the guest of honor and principal butt of the Gridironers' jokes is the President of the U.S. Last December, Harry Truman, who does not enjoy the club's satire, was able to miss the Gridiron frolic because he was acquiring a less painful burn, in the sun at Key West, Fla. Although Gridironers were miffed, the club nevertheless invited the President to its May meeting. This time...
Last Drag. In St. Louis, Motorist Carl Simon finished smoking his cigar, heaved it out the car window, is still looking for two front teeth that came loose from his dental plate and went sailing out with the butt...
Belgium's most famous modern artist, Baron James Ensor, was 89 when he died last year. He had crammed his house with souvenirs that ranged from a cigar butt once left there by Belgium's King Albert to a great painting done by Ensor himself 62 years ago: The Entry of Christ into Brussels...
...want to apologize if I've ever tempted any of the fellows I've had contact with. I know I've tried, and I'm sorry." Said a young man with a Brooklyn accent: "I want to apologize for making the faculty the butt of my corny jokes ... I want to get something else off my chest: giving thanks for food, then complaining about...
...soldiers had gone to the home of his 80-year-old mother in Manila to see if she was receiving letters from her son, who was wartime aide to General MacArthur. During the questioning, both of Mrs. Romulo's legs were broken by blows from a Japanese rifle butt, and she was hopelessly crippled until her death...