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...size of the District of Columbia, its 240,000 acres give lordly privacy to its little capital. La Cuesta Encantada. On this Enchanted Hill, the monarch's castle rears cathedral towers to the sky. On the hill's slope, lesser castles serve humbly as "guest houses'"-Casa del Mar, Casa del Monte, Casa del Sol. Hard by these are enchanted gardens, marble swimming pools, a zoo complete with lion, leopard, bear, elephant, chimpanzee. On the hillside roam bison, zebra, kangaroo, giraffe, llama, antelope, the emu and the gnu. These are but outward show. Within the palace portals...
Died. Larry Fay, 44, Manhattan racketeer; of two bullets in his chest, one in his back; in his former speakeasy Casa Blanca, with three dimes in his pocket, in Manhattan. Last seen with him was a drunken doorman whose salary had just been cut from $100 to $60 a week. Fop, playboy, sinister character, he specialized in taxicab organizing, introducing cabs with silver-piped hoods, was quick to turn an ambiguous penny at anything (liquor, milk, night clubs, etc.), was never convicted of a felony...
Meanwhile dapper Don Carlos & family moved out of their handsome house, moved into Casa Moneda, palace of Chilean Presidents. Tanks rumbled into the palace courtyard. Machine guns were set up on the walls. Two regiments of infantry who Don Carlos hoped were loyal took up defensive positions around the citadel of "Sane" Socialism...
...exhibition at snappy Casa del Mar Club at Atlantic Beach, N. Y. where members surprisingly objected to Ganso's oil, Two Nudes Reclining, on the grounds that it was demoralizing to both children and adults. After art experts had lectured the club management on Ganso's technique, the picture was allowed to remain...
...Hospital owns the Medical Center, is related to many a hospital, museum and laboratory. Also there is the famed Uni-versity Extension of home study which adds 4,939 corresponding students to Columbia's rolls. Centres for study as well as cultural life are the Deutsches Haus, Maison Franchise, Casa Italiana, Casa de las Espanas, Japanese Culture Centre. Newest agency in Columbia's expansion is a projected $20,000,000 -Engineering Centre which would provide research facilities as great as those of the Medical Center. Upon the completion of this and the $3,500.000 library donated last year by Philanthropist...