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...Down Insult...
...July 29). All this the introducer recalled just as he was beginning to grope uncomfortably for something more to say. Dr. Shapley came to his rescue, began to talk glibly and learnedly about ants. Said he: "When you go out of your way to step on an ant, you insult the order of Nature, for you, a mere social upstart, are jumping on a creature that perfected a social system some 30,000,000 years...
...with the latest of cheese," recommended "more ether" for such radio commentators. Equally irate was Mercer County Grand Jury Foreman Allyne M. Freeman at Carter's implication that politics, not justice, motivated his jurymen. Cried Foreman Freeman: "A cowardly, libelous and malicious lie! I consider his comments an insult to the Grand Jury. I shall never accept a penny nor an ounce of political patronage as remuneration for any statement I ever make about this unfortunate case, and the statements I do make will be based upon facts and will be truthful. Boake Carter. I assume, is being paid...
...bench he was apt to be a little stiff, sometimes peppery. Once when a bootlegger thanked him for imposing a fine of only $50, Judge Ritter roared: "Don't thank me! To thank a court or a jury for doing its duty is an insult. Your fine is raised to $75." He was first investigated as the result of a resolution introduced in the House by Representative J. Mark Wilcox of Florida in 1933. Last week Congressman Wilcox was the only member of the Florida delegation to vote against the Ritter impeachment. Said he: "If [Ritter] were charged with...
Said Editor Yewdale: "We declined the gift because it was an insult; every clerk in the place got $2.50. In other words, it was too damn cheap, too damn low. It was an insult, not a gift...