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...would soon make an important announcement regarding credits to Latin American countries (see p. 10). Long deferred investment buying appeared. Vivid tales were told of big bears trapped, fretting behind the bars of higher prices. One venerable member of the Exchange was heard to sing that old bull war chant of the Chicago Wheat Pit: "He who sells what isn't his'n must buy it back or go to prison." And even the most sanguine of optimists was willing to concede that the song was applicable in any market last week, that much of the recovery...
Roman Catholic Father Malachy Mulligan was summoned from his monastery to an Edinburgh parish to teach a slipshod congregation how to chant plain song. Across the street from the church were two grievous eyesores: a Church of England edifice placarded with snappy ads for religion, and the Garden of Eden dance hall. Of the two, the Garden of Eden was slightly more offensive to the Catholic priest. Father Malachy, meeting the Anglican parson on the street and becoming involved in theological argument, became so annoyed that he promised to perform a miracle: he would cause the Garden of Eden...
...accompany him. In the heart of the jungle he found the Pishauko tribe, known to white men by name only. Originally a plains people, the Pishauko fled into the jungle to escape becoming slaves to Spanish conquerors. The natives worship before a symbol which looks like a crucifix, chant services before hunting. Tribal medicine men prescribe self torture as a cure for disease, advise a poultice of live ants as a disease prevention. One chief gave Explorer Holdridge some vegetables from his garden. He explained that the vegetables were good because recently he had cast out all evil spells from...
...Unity Co-operative Camp at Wingdale, N. Y. last week journeyed the Congressional committee investigating Communist activities (see p. 17). Greeted by booes, the committeemen were speeded by brandished fists, thumbed noses, a lusty chorus. The wording of the farewell chant was curiously, variously reported by leading Manhattan dailies...
Once prominent in Bangkok's fish fighting halls. Wat Chant Aiur Bopiter was brought to the U. S. aboard the Cook's-touring S. S. Franconia, is now destined for a life of retirement in a Manhattan fish-fancier's private aquarium...