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Until General Frederick Funston captured the insurrectionary chief 30 years ago in the steamy jungles of the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo was a bloody name with which to frighten U. S. children after dark. Ever since his parole, Aguinaldo has been one of the sturdiest native supporters of U. S. rule. His son and General Funston's were friendly classmates at West Point four years ago. Aguinaldo would have nothing to do with the local movement for immediate Philippine independence...
...Chicago, Henry Magis was arrested for barking like a dog, thereby disturbing the peace. * He explained: "I was barking and howling to frighten away my daughter's boyfriends." But Mrs. Magis said: "Whenever Henry Magis gets drunk he thinks he's a dog. Anyway...
...scenes that had to be built with Chinese perseverance and separately photographed to make this feature that runs an hour: storm-tossed waves with gleaming white crests made by cut paper and double-exposure; Achmed riding his horse across a desert while the sorcerer sends lightning to frighten...
Recommended to potential Spankers are these precepts: Don't scold or pray over the child, or nag with small, ineffectual, repeated chastisements. Don't ridicule, frighten, punish after school years; never in the presence of others after the age of three. Punish immediately and impressively after an offense...
Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson of Chicago thrust his heavy hands last week into the tomb of the late Senator Joseph Medill McCormick of Illinois in search of old political bones with which to frighten the city's 75,000 Negro voters out of their Republican wits. What he ghoulishly drew forth was the wraith of Chicago's great race riot of July 27-Aug. 2, 1919. This he hurled anonymously at the Senator's widow, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, now the Republican nominee for the Senate against Democrat James Hamilton Lewis...