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...Yardling infield worked well in its initial outing, pulling off a fast double play to erase a seventh-inning Jayvee threat. The fielding gem of the afternoon, as far as the losers, were concerned, was a long, accurate throw from centerfielder Sullivan to double up Moffle going into third...
...Gaekwar of Baroda, gem-collecting Indian ruler of some 3,000,000 souls, arrived in Manhattan with wife & child for an American outing, promptly inquired about the availability of bodyguards (he was familiar with the Lindbergh case, he explained), made it safely to the Waldorf-Astoria under cover of four detectives...
...became the officer in charge of the Bank of Japan's vaults. But after he had had a leave home to Palo Alto, U.S. Customs men began to take an interest in the Colonel's affairs. Smuggled diamonds had begun to appear in San Francisco's gem market...
...stage, it was Lily Pons wearing diamonds and emeralds, and singing in Valentina-designed costumes, one of which showed her navel. A detective stood in the wings, guarding the jewels. In the audience, a gem-barnacled first-nighter, Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh, was watched over by a gun-toting bodyguard, but managed to lose a bracelet...
...local German-language newspaper argued politics and were kept from quarreling by matriarchal Grossmama ("her strength lay in her gentleness"). At mealtimes, as many as 30 sat around Grossmama's huge table to eat her Sauerbraten, Hasenpjeffer, herring salad and Torten and Kaffee stollen. "We had a gemütlich upbringing," says Traubel. "Our theory was 'lucky is the person who is happy...