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...York, May 31--Business got so brisk aboard the U. S. Boggs, communication ship of the Fleet, that the captain had to call a halt on messages to sailors. One girl sent twelve messages to twelve sailors--on different ships, another asked a gob to "Phone at once, Pete's out of town...
...present billing at the University features Joe E. Brown in his latest smash; the boy with the mouth is cast as a gob, and manages to disorganize the personnel of at least one battleship and one admiral's country home. He has developed a penchant for the important sex which would do credit to a disciple of Harpo Marx'; he becomes a boxer for is day; and he winds up under bomb fire on a condemned ship. The film, then, is not without action, and not without comedy relief. It is excellent entertainment. Lack of space precludes any remarks...
Ever since he used to dye his own tapes try woolens, Aristide Maillol has been very particular about his materials. He used to complain violently about every type of drawing paper on the market. Several years ago he chewed a big gob of drawing paper while working on a clay model and finally spat it out on the smooth tile floor. Some hours later he picked it up, discovered that the underside of his paper quid had acquired a beautiful fine grain. Faithful Nephew Caspar Maillol undertook to manufacture drawing paper for his uncle and friends by a like process...
...against his opponent's 256; for the great part of the fight Sharkey was retreating. His admission that the ruling could be given to either man means that the most Sharkey deserved was a draw. Although the majority of lesser known Boston sports writers conclude that the Czeckoslovak gob was the rightful victor, such judges as Tunney, Vidmer, McGeehan, to name a few, agree in the feeling of the German's manager that the decision was a "robbery...
...horse show in Montebucarlo, Italy, a horse bit a large chunk out of Theodore Crema's cheek. In intense pain and indignation, Theodore Crema thrust his hand into the horse's mouth, recovered the gob of flesh, drove with it several miles to a hospital. Surgeons restored the piece to Theodore Crema's face...