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...Cockroach...
Died. Donald Robert Perry Marquis, 59, columnist, humorist, playwright; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Forest Hills, N. Y. Author of Dreams and Dust, The Old Soak, The Dark Hours, he was best known for the adventures of mehitabel the amorous cat ("toujours gaie toujours gaie") and of archie, the cockroach which hopped from key to key of the author's typewriter, composing...
Also reported yesterday was the discovery of a giant cockroach in Hollis Hall. The Freshman making the find did not know how it compared in size with the cockroach who created a sensation in the Leverett House dining hall two months ago and ceased its depravity only when demolished by two tutors...
...ground. Mary Bradley (Diana Gibson), the Star's sobsister, had been engaged to him until he sent her to pick out a ring while he beat her to the story of a round-the-world flight. In her opinion he was such an "utter cockroach" that she hired thugs to bar him from a dance hall fire, news of which he wished to broadcast from his pack-set. Mary stole the pack-set, found it handy after she was kidnapped by a gang of thugs occupied in stealing a Federal gold shipment, armored car and all. It was Eddy...
...Exterminators & Fumigators' Union were parading before the street entrance below. Dismayed Mr. Lewis sent friends to see whether this labor dispute could not be settled. It was impossible. The pickets were protesting because the firm to which the swanky Biltmore lets out its cockroach killing employs non-union labor. Again John L. Lewis had no choice. He packed up his papers, asked to have the conference adjourned to the Engineers' Club...