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...church service. Last week, for the first time in history, Turks of Istanbul, where the reform was inaugurated, understood what the priests were saying. But they found it hard to believe it was the same thing as the Arabic gibberish that had had 13 centuries of mumbo-jumbo behind...
...ever heard of Tsar Will Hays should be prepared to guess the outcome of this situation. Megan Davis tries to make a Christian out of General Yen when he is planning to murder a traitorous ex-mistress. He sneers at her attempts, assures her that Christianity is a mumbo-jumbo. To test Megan Davis's sincerity, he offers to accept her as a hostage for the loyalty of his ex-mistress. Miss Davis's Christian faith in the ex-mistress proves to be unjustified. So does her mistrust of General Yen. Having lost his province and his army...
...Jumbo', our star performer, can play the national anthem without cue or guidance from me, in approximately 30 seconds. This feat is the result of years of practice, during which the seal is drilled in the progression of notes, and is the most difficult of all the acts...
Died. Archibald Bannatyne, 78, retired official of Waterbury Clock Co., Bannatyne Watch Co. and Ansonia Clock Co., inventor of the first $1 watch (the "Jumbo" which he sold to Robert H. Ingersoll & Brother); in Naugatuck, Conn...
...surveying fractious elephants at a distance. Khartoum, although he ate 91,250 lb. of hay last year, had gained only one quarter-inch. This brings him to 10 ft. 84 in., one half-inch short of the world's elephant record for all time held by the late Jumbo, famed Victorian elephant...