Word: heckler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Charles Fort, 57, author, heckler of Science; of acute enlargement of the heart; in New York. Year in, year out, he dug through newspaper files for stories of strange events contrary to scientific theory, put them in books (Lo!, The Book of the Damned, Wild Talents), invented supernatural theses to explain them. His "law of teleportation" explained the movement of solid objects (mud, frogs, periwinkles) through the air in magnetic paths...
...inclination for natural history," explains Professor William Heckler of Manhattan's 42nd Street Flea Circus, "led me into the business." An old city ordinance led the Professor, the proprietor of the freak show in which he operates, and the impresarios of several neighboring burlesque shows into police court last week. Complainant was the 42nd St. Property Owners and Merchants Association which claimed that its community was rapidly developing into a rowdy midway. Shooting galleries, "men only" movies and pitchmen have brought the block to sad estate...
...court Professor Heckler pleaded that his was neither "a tragedy, comedy, opera, ballet or farce," but an educational institution which has not always been on 42nd Street. He used to play to carnival and fair audiences. For 15¢ you can witness an eight-minute performance of Pediculi which the Professor claims is the only one of its kind on earth. He also is willing to roll up his sleeves and exhibit his small performers' pasturage...
...long and rather dull statement detailing Germany's plight just before the Moratorium announcement. When the committee began a series of gentle questions, Statesman Stimson grew fussy and fidgety. "You can't send a sheriff overseas to collect the debt, you know," he snapped at one heckler. Henry Pomeroy Davison, youthful partner of J. P. Morgan & Co., was hastily summoned from New York to deny published reports that debtor nations had on deposit with his firm funds to make their Dec. 15 payments...
...were that man there," he roared, pointing to a heckler, "I would be ashamed of the silly expression on my face. . . . Now you just listen to me and you'll improve. If you'll only listen to yourselves you'll deteriorate...