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Homer Ferguson, 53, Michigan, a jurist-investigator who has become Detroit's symbol of civic virtue...
...interesting as it is complicated, the plot centers on troubles of landlady Jean Arthur. She has tenants on both sides of the law. One, the eminent and respectable jurist Coleman, is invited and expected. Uninvited, unexpected, but never quite unwelcome, escaped prisoner Cary Grant is the other. Boarding a lawyer with a criminal (Grant is an accused killer) complicates life, of course, but landlady Arthur improvises neatly. So "gardener" Grant and lawyer Coleman have long talks, play chess, and become close friends...
Inferno. The plaintiff was chalk-haired, Roman-featured Federal Judge William Denman, 69-year-old chairman of World War I's U.S. Shipping Board. Jurist Denman accused General DeWitt...
...another bigwig to re-enact the ceremony. To the tiny town of San Nicolás de los Arroyos traveled the presidential train, complete with what Buenos Aires correspondents nicknamed "the candidates' coach." Aspirants in next year's presidential elections, including longtime Foreign Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Jurist Leopoldo Melo, onetime President General Agustin P. Justo and Castillo-favorite Guillermo Rothe, eyed one another warily...
DEATH TURNS THE TABLES-John Dickson Carr-Harper ($2). A capital battle of wits between gruff old Dr. Fell and a nimble adversary over who killed the rapscallion fiancé of an English jurist's daughter. Doesn't quite come off, but good reading for those who like the puzzle type of story...