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Suntanned, wearing a red rose in his lapel, swinging a walking stick, Thomas Alva Edison returned to his Llewellyn Park, N. J., home after wintering in Fort Myers, Fla. ; announced he would vote for Dry Senatorial Candidate Franklin W. Fort in New Jersey's primary election, remained mum on his rubber experiments. Mrs. Edison was a member of the Women's Committee backing Wet Candidate Dwight Whitney Morrow...
Immediately, newsworthy things happened to the police force, topping and eventually extinguishing the Rothstein headlines. Independent of everyone, Commissioner Whalen organized an Air Unit, a training college, a magazine, dressed his men in lapel uniforms with Sam Browne belts, sent them forth to apply new, efficient traffic regulations, and to raid notorious nightclubs. His recent "disclosure" to Congress of "Red" plots in the U. S., put him into the national news. He reduced major crime in the metropolis; at a banquet some 2,000 citizens begged him to remain in office...
...sporty dresser, he used to put on mourning when any of his own men fell in battle. He wore flashy diamonds, a rose in his lapel. The sight of photographers used to drive him into a profane rage. Legends grew up about him: that he traveled in an armored car, wore a bullet-proof vest. With every gang murder that occurred in Chicago, his name was automatically connected. But the police could never fasten upon him even the semblance of legal guilt...
...Majesty the King-Emperor returned in triumph to London. Still wan and droop-shouldered, King George motored from Windsor to sooty Albert Hall, opposite Kensington Gardens. There state landaus and a squadron of gleaming, clanking life guards awaited him. Smiling happily, with a white tea rose on the lapel of his impeccable morning coat, he entered the first carriage with Queen Mary, regal as ever in a gold colored coat and fur-trimmed hat. Through Hyde Park, down Piccadilly the procession trotted, past cheering crowds...
Insignia of Aviation Country Clubs is a purple plane surrounded by purple initials ACC, superposed on a pair of gold wings. The pin worn on lapel or dress will indicate membership in what present members intend to be the most exclusive social club...