Word: gambler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Juan-les-Pins up stepped Major John ("Dashing Jack") Coats, millionaire Englishman, no relative of the potent thread-spinning house of Coats. Most experienced gambler next to the Greeks, he had just won 1,000,000 francs from the Syndicate. He would take over the bank, hold it all summer if need be "to break the Greek Syndicate and put baccarat in the hands of sportsmen who play for the love of the game." "Sportsmen," he gallantly declared, "do not necessarily play for profit...
...Coats legend: Once, after a night's play in a Paris circle (gaming club) Gambler Coats broke the bank, tipped the barmaid who had wished him luck a round half million francs...
Married. Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 65, famed politician and stock gambler, a widower since 1928; to a Mrs. Helen Hawley McCallum, 45, Manhattan widow; at Christ Church, Mayfair, London...
Gloomed Hearst Colyumist Arthur Brisbane: "A miracle MIGHT happen, the winner of the $149,000 MIGHT invest the money wisely, take care of it, enjoy prosperity. . .". The general rule is, 'Once a gambler, always a gambler,' until the money gives...
...Gambler" Forgiven...