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Vastly tickled by his fame, Troubadour Downey has no reluctance in stating that he eats three banana splits daily, has a blue chow named Teddy, sleeps raw* in a double bed, calls his wife "Lover," is covered with moles, bleeds easily when shaving. Superstitious, he still carries a cats-eye ring and holy medals for good luck. Because his name appears in their advertisements, he keeps Camels in his pocket and gives them all to friends. Quick-tempered, he once rebuked a famous polo player who was making too much noise in his night club. Shrewd, when Walter Winchell, famed...
Minister Johnson set out from Peiping on foot, in his shirtsleeves, puffing a cheap Chinese cigaret, carrying a felt-covered canteen of chow (boiled) water at his hip. With a few strong-footed friends he tramped through the Western Hills of Chihli Province to find an ancient Trappist monastery that he had heard of 23 years before on his first visit to China. They found the monastery, were welcomed by the monks, took pictures, then decided to push even further into the interior...
...told by efficient Nurse Knight that she was "P'incess Lilybet" no longer but "big Sister Betty." Shouting with excitement Big Sister Betty demanded to see the new baby instanter "cause grandaddy's the King." She announced later that she preferred it to all her other pets; her chow dog, her canary, her Shetland pony Jessie, present from Grandaddy George...
Buffalo. Two years ago Mayor Francis Xavier Schwab's chow dog bit Jane Gunther, his little granddaughter. Mrs. Theresa Gunther, the Mayor's daughter and Jane's mother, indignantly demanded the dog's death. Mayor Schwab refused. The family breach thus opened figured in last week's election. Last week Charles Roesch was actively aided by Mrs. Gunther in turning her father out of office...
...grand offensive." Secondly, he wired that his armies would "sit composedly and starve the rebels out." Within 48 hours, and without previous warning, the President's field headquarters radioed: "The dead are piled mountain high. We have recaptured Mihsien" (25 miles from the vital rail junction Cheng-chow...