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Fair President Grover Whalen unctuously gave a cue which good Navy wives hardly needed. Said he: "The general public interest comes first. . . . The advisability of [the ships'] presence elsewhere is fully realized...
...stooge, Stinker Murdoch, made a batter of mainly carbolic acid and turpentine for some cakes to discourage an unwanted guest. The batter was to be called Askitoff. In mixing it they professed to spill some on the carpet, whereupon the dirt magically disappeared. This was, Askey's cue to crack "Askitoff will take it off." Thereafter Askey began repeating the crack several times in each broadcast...
Taking the cue for all it was worth, M. Daladier replied: "Do I need to repeat to you this evening, my American friends, that France will never yield to either the menace of force or the blackmail of guile? . . . For us peace and liberty are inseparable boons. We [the U. S., France] do not need to be bound by texts, nor by pledges, to strive together for what we believe to be the good of humanity. We do not need to make contracts with each other...
...diffract the image at the bottom of the tube so that the physician has a clear view of the stomach wall as he twists the gastroscope. Insertion of the instrument is easy: the physician anesthetizes the patient's throat, grasps the gastroscope in both hands like a billiard cue, pokes the rubber end gently but firmly down the patient's throat and esophagus into his stomach. Examination lasts from three to five minutes, causes the patient slight dis comfort, but no pain...
Meanwhile the Chicago Opera, No. 2 in the U. S., chalked up the fourth week of its finest season since the plush & ermine days of Samuel Insull. Impresario Paul Longone, who was almost thrown out three years ago, had also taken a cue from the stockmarket and climbed slowly & steadily back into favor...