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...united in a common dislike for a brown-skinned, fabulous figure who appeared on deck in a navy blue uniform, well loaded with gold braid and perfume: Harlem's Hubert Fauntleroy ("Black Eagle") Julian, who had previously distinguished himself by crashing the Emperor of Ethiopia's airplane. His critics on the Mathilda Thordén averred that Pilot Julian 1) had arrived in Finland 13 days after the war ended; 2) even if he was a commissioned captain (as he had Finnish papers to prove), he had no right to wear a Finnish military attache's uniform...
...what he is today. Only phase of the mudslinging in which Democrats took much interest was: 1) the revelation that the middle initial "A" in Walter Jones's name stood for "Adelbert"; 2) the responding insinuation that the "F" in Joe Guffey's name stood for "Fauntleroy." (Mr. Guffey has long & stoutly maintained that the "F" stands for nothing.) As in many a State last week (see p. 18), the Democrats' mess was the Republicans' pottage. Happy and united were the Republicans. The man they had picked to take Joe Guffey's Senate seat...
Arriving in Bergen, Norway, by ship, but accompanied by an airplane and mechanic, Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, "Black Eagle" of Harlem, announced that he had come to fight for Finland but, since the Finnish war had been concluded 24 days before, would offer his services if Finland was again attacked...
Last week somewhat somnolent business was jarred by the beat of a tom-tom. Publicity-wise, plane-cracking, bemonocled Negro Aviator Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian announced that he had joined Micheaux Picture Corp. as associate producer. Occasion was the world premiere of The Notorious Elinor Lee, first of a series of pictures which Julian says he will make with Micheaux Pictures...
Helen Hayes went on the stage at five. From child parts to Little Lord Fauntleroy to Pollyanna to the flapper in Clarence, on to the big roles of her mature years, Helen moved steadily forward-and her mother with her. Whenever Helen signed a contract, her mother leaned over her shoulder. Whenever Helen was on stage, her mother stood in the wings. Mother was even privy to the "snares" Helen laid to catch her husband, Playwright Charles MacArthur...