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...attention Mayor Baker was getting, assembled at the Arc de Triomphe to put a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. France was startled when Mayor Baker, violating the tradition of silence at this place, made a long-winded goodwill speech. The grumblings of the other mayors grew louder as the visitors trooped to the Hotel de Ville for luncheon. Mayor Baker was accused of "hogging the show," of making all the addresses, bossing the itinerary. After the meal there was an open revolt. "Let's settle this thing right here in the city hall." cried one mayor...
Expert players have reported no great change in their games due to the new ball. Tournament scores have not been noticeably higher or lower. But the mutterings of the average players, of the mediocrities and the dubs, have grown steadily louder, into a national grumble. So last week Life magazine set out to rally the dissenters for a crusade to bring the old ball back. In an open letter to the U. S. G. A. Life offered this challenge...
Oldest mayor in the party came from the smallest town. He was Alvin Parker Gray, 78, of Pasco, Wash. (pop. 3,500). He said he was going to "team-up" with the youngest mayor, R. B. Marvin of Syracuse, N. Y., who is 33. Bigger and louder than even St. Louis' Victor J. ("Oh, Boy") Miller was Mayor George L. Baker of Portland, Ore. Large, breezy, beetle-browed Mayor Baker lost no time in making himself the personage of the party. He wore a 10-gallon hat, was elected chairman of the delegation, gave out the big interview during...
...first time in his life Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi posed last week for the talkies. "Louder, Mr. Gandhi! Louder please" wailed the talkie men. Lisped the Mahatma: "If I go to America I should like to travel not as a freak or object of curiosity in a penny peep show." Ordeal over, St. Gandhi shuddered: "It was torture, torture...
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was sloppy. Prices floundered about aimlessly. Slowly the ticker printed out its daily 2:15 message: DELIVERY TIME. The hum of trading became slightly louder...