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Despite the testimony of Doorman Robinson, at least one witness was able to get the name of Jim Thomas on record as the source of the Budget leak. The evidence came from a dapper stockbroker named Reginald Marriott. Broker Marriott has in his office a customer's man named Edward Alfred Waterton, who has as a customer one Harold Eves, solicitor and secretary to Alfred Bates...
...even in those days of well curried whiskers and dapper costumes, Max Keezer had his predecessor, one "Poco" Bennet. "Max is a nicer fellow than Poco, though," reminisced Mr. Taylor, "Poco never used to crack a smile...
...clean collar and drove down the road to the onetime Italian legation, now headquarters of Marshal Badoglio. His call on the Italian General was the first recognition of any foreign government that the conquest of Ethiopia is now an accomplished fact. Meanwhile one of Marshal Badoglio's most dapper staff officers. Captain Adolfo Alessandri, dug his Sunday inspection breeches and best white gloves from the bottom of his campaign trunk, visited in turn every foreign legation in Addis Ababa. Clicking his heels he explained politely that each envoy would enjoy "every diplomatic privilege until the time of your departure...
...regions of the U. S. the old custom of "listening in" on other people's conversations over party telephone lines still prevails. Last month in Washington the Federal Communications Commission started listening in on The Telephone Company (TIME, March 30). In the past fortnight the Commission's dapper young inquisitor, Samuel Becker, has picked up the following nuggets, most of which in any comprehensive investigation of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. could hardly be rated as more than prime gossip...
Prizewinning artist was Noble Foster Hoggson (1888), a dapper, peppery little gentleman of 71, member of the building firm of Hoggson Bros, which has in the past 45 years erected over 2,000 bank buildings throughout the U. S. Newshawks found Artist Hoggson in the club bar, more than willing to talk...