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...CRANK IN THE CORNER-Christopher Bush - Morrow ($2). Ludovic Travers, traveling, encounters murder in his own compartment. Himself suspect, he investigates, shares honors with both Surete and Scotland Yard...
...coat which was seen in Fine & Dandy, Comedian Cook picks up his fiddle & bow. The bow has an inflated bladder tied to one end. Mr. Cook plays a few bars, then slaps an attendant across the back of the neck with the bladder. The attendant turns a crank and a small carousel begins to revolve. One of the riders seizes a cardboard milk bottle, breaks it over the ticket-taker's head. In surprise, the ticket-taker heaves a handful of coins on the stage. Some roustabouts who have been holding Dave Chasen above a glass tank of water...
...assuring you that this letter does not come from a crank merely, but that it is written in all sincerity by one who means to see the issue through to a conclusion, I will say that it has been my privilege to deliver Father Divine's message to thousands in the Pacific Northwest since December of last year. During December I visited Father Divine personally and ascertained by observation and experience the exact nature of the work He is doing; and by co-operation with Him and the Principle advocated by Him I have been able to witness...
...incident. It somehow caught the newspapermen's fancy. Clippings have come from all over, indicating country-wide use, and worse and worse falsification of the story. It has been irritating. You understand it is not my desire to flee from the wrath of the various sentimentalists whose crank letters have come to me complaining of "cruelty," etc. But it is because the whole thing as far as our institution is concerned, is untrue...
...revealed by the Society. Numerous college cases have come before them in the past few months. These cases usually have to do with petty bills and telephone company misunderstandings. The most frequent cases from those people outside of the University are those to do with the installment collectors. The crank who continually takes his smallest troubles to "law" is the most frequent visitor to the free legal service bureau...