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...Class of 1915 at the U. S. Naval Academy "Dodo," "Si," "Charlie,"; "Mayevski" and "Johnny" all meant happy-go-lucky, good-natured John Semer Farnsworth of Cincinnati. Appointed on recommendation of Representative Nicholas Longworth, long before that T. R. son-in-law became Speaker of the House, Midshipman Farnsworth won a certain notoriety for his bibulous escapades, was recognized by classmates as an able scholar and tactician. Few years after graduation he took up aviation, studied hard and long, became a Lieutenant Commander in 1925. Two years later his Naval career ended dismally when a court-martial dismissed him from...
Bureau of Investigation agents picked up "Dodo" Farnsworth one day last week at the Washington, D. C. home of his divorced wife. Their story was short and simple. The Navy Department first grew suspicious of Farnsworth last year when day after day he kept pestering it for information for "magazine articles," pored over books in the Naval Library. When a high-ranking officer's wife reported that he had urged her to show him certain Naval documents, G-Men joined Naval Intelligence agents in shadowing him. In May 1935, it was charged, he borrowed a U. S. Navy handbook...
...That's quite jolly," said the Knight looking at Alice. But the Dodo went on as if nothing had happened...
...Great is the pleasure," the Dodo began once again, now standing on one foot and loosening its collar with the other, "that befalls me on this celebration of the one hundred and fourth anniversary A. D. (and here he paused looking over to the Dormouse who, though eyes closed, nodded assent) of our beloved author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, alias Lewis Carroll, to pay him homage for the joy he has given to millions of people...
...here the Dodo bowed as gracefully as he could to receive the great applause...