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French authorities on the scene blamed extremists for the crime, and used the occasion to lock up a dozen top nationalist and labor leaders. The Tunisians blamed the assassination on what they said was a secret terrorist organization of resident Frenchmen called "the Red Hand...
...Chaplin decided to live in Europe rather than face the Immigration Department's recent threat that Charlie might have trouble getting back into the U.S.? Wrote Louella: "Without a word of publicity and with only three people knowing it," Oona slipped into Los Angeles for four days to lock up the Chaplin home and close out the bank account. "There is a strong rumor that Oona took back to Europe with her as much as $5,000,000 in cash...
...latest group, some 300 pieces of old arms and armor, sold in Manhattan last week for a total of $40,810. The sale included a 16th century burgonet (helmet with cheek-pieces), the highest priced item, which went to a private collector for $3,200, and a 1560 wheel-lock Italian arquebus which the Metropolitan Museum of Art bought...
...final warning buzzer sounded, indicating a half hour to go until lock-up time. Bradley began walking toward the locker room, unfastening the broad black belt across his padded stomach...
...arms. A gleaming creation that is not strictly a cinch at all but a development of the Mexican concha-style is the belt made entirely of nationalistic or heraldic emblems joined with links. Some belts have buckles or clasps of an ingenious and occasionally coy sort, such as lock-and-key or hinges like the sort found on heavy oaken doors...