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...Lenin picked as first policeman of the proletarian revolution was borrowed from the Polish aristocracy. When Felix Dzerzhinsky was made head of the Bolshevists' CHEKA, he wrote to his wife: "I am now in the front line and I want to be merciless, to tear the enemy to pieces as a watchdog would...
...Sweden's husky Martin Lundstroem, who plowed his way to victory in the 11.2-mile cross-country ski race. Nineteen of the first 20 to finish were Scandinavians; the first U.S. skier came in 65th. ¶t]J Switzerland's Felix Endrich, 26, who zoomed down the perilous bobsled course (sometimes at close to 80 m.p.h.) to win the boblet (two-man sled) crown from his coach, Fritz Feierabend...
...Felix reported a run on picture postcards. "Some of the boys will stop at nothing to impress the grader," he was quoted as saying. "There's one in particular--shows a statue of some Indian appealing to the Great Spirit--selling like hot--cakes...
Deanna Durbin, 25, flouted Hollywood tradition by announcing the breakup of her marriage in a barely audible voice. (The marriage, to 45-year-old Scenarist Felix Jackson, was her second.) Deanna had her attorney murmur simply: "There is no difficulty ... of any particular public interest. Each of them declines to discuss the matter...
Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and President Conant delivered keynote speeches at Saturday afternoon's dedication of the new Law School Guide Pantaleoni Memorial in the Elihu Root Room of Langdell Hall...