Word: heckler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...immigration and quarantine authorities for permission to take his educated fleas on a U. S. tour. In the course of telling his troubles to a U. S. newsgatherer, he made a pronouncement surprising to laymen: "I prefer the male flea, because he is more conscientious." Professor William Heckler, owner of Manhattan's largest flea-circus, disagrees with Jean Rochet. Professor Heckler uses mostly females in his acts. He finds that the male flea, which is much smaller than the female, cannot go without food for long, breaks down under the strain of heavy work, is too highly strung...
Next week she will be in England sardonically to watch Government officials help unveil a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, their erstwhile suffraget heckler...