Word: em
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bickell, a suave, handsome bachelor who made his fortune in the city side of mining and who sports one of the show places of Toronto, where he entertains everyone from Ontario's rambunctious Premier Mitchell F. ("Mitch") Hepburn to visiting U. S. stockmarketeers like Bernard E. ("Sell 'em Ben") Smith...
...those members of the Class of 1940 who reluctantly leave the fine pool room in the Union, Winthrop presents an appeal in the form of a game room, which in addition to the inevitable ping-pong table, boasts a pool table (one, count 'em, one.) It is true, that the present cues are in various states of degeneration, but there is a movement on foot to replace these with new ones, and when the time comes for the members of the Class of '40 to descend upon the Houses, this department ought to be in ship shape...
...Parker v. Tribune" goes back to 1931. In that year Mr. Parker went to trial and nine months later was found guilty in Cook County Criminal Court of em bezzling at least $100,000 from North American Trust Co., in which he was a large stockholder. State's Attorney John A. Swanson, who obtained his conviction, proudly announced to the press that "Parker has been a financial racketeer in Chicago since 1912. This is the first time the law has caught up with...
With the pickup of the new Ford Carr sextet, twice as good as the V-8, we'll Patrick'em...
...Admiral Byrd, apparently, does not possess this "passion for anonymity." But we might point out that even publicity-hungry, head-scratching Smedley Butler manages to pursue his racket of lecturing on "War is a Racket" in civilian clothes with not one of his five medals in sight. Spray 'em with Larvex, Admiral, and pack 'em in mothballs...