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...says Dr. Young, "a big, burly man with a huge head and a strong face appeared at my office . . . diamonds sparkled from his vest, watch chain, cuff links, and the head of his cane." He was James Buchanan ("Diamond Jim") Brady. Among his imposing list of ailments: "Bright's disease [inflammation of the kidneys], generalized urinary infection, inflammation and obstruction of the prostate gland, difficulty and frequency of urination . . . angina pectoris [heart disease] and high blood pressure." Dr. Young cured his prostate trouble by using a "punch" of his own invention-a straight tube with a short, curved inner...
...Financially, there was the revolutionary question of colonial-economy Argentina granting credits to banker-economy Great Britain. Blaming the U. S. cash-&-carry war policy for eating up her ready cash, Britain recently asked Argentina to send her foodstuffs on the cuff-reportedly ?43,000,000 worth. As partial payment Britain offered British-held Argentine bonds. But there was also an intriguing possibility: that the British lOUs might be discounted by Argentina in the U. S., turned into U. S. dollars. Argentina would thus get dollars needed to pay for U. S. imports while the U. S.-accepting the lOUs...
Though he is now considered one of the best golfers in the U. S., Porky has put on no airs. While Sarazen stays at the best hotels, Porky flops at a tourist camp. Though Sarazen wears custom-made silk shirts and gold cuff links, Porky spurns a tie ("only dudes wear ties''). To satisfy his enormous appetite, he often takes hamburgers along in his golf bag to keep from "starving" during a match. When he won his first big-time tournament last winter, he gave his kid brother $5 to buy all the ice-cream sodas he could...
...interest in his mines to National Lead Co., and diversified his own stake. He now owns mines in Malay (No. 1 tin-ore producer), a huge smelter near Liverpool. He likes to think he also still controls large smelters in Germany. He let France go on his cuff, and calls Mussolini "Mi Musso...
...Townsend Ward, U. S. soldier-adventurer who once led a Chinese army to put down a rebellion, died 78 years ago. The Japanese took charge of the manuscript (representing nine months' work by Author Abend), ransacked the apartment, wrenched out the telephone, gave Abend's head another cuff, his arm another twist, departed...