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Last fall Zivic fought young Davis in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Zivic gave the kid the business. Davis, stung by an alleged thumb-poke in the eye, forgot his professional acquaintanceship with the Marquess of Queensberry, relapsed into a fury of fouls. Disqualified and suspended "for life" (after kicking the referee), the Brownsville bully boy sullenly joined the Army...
...ornate mosques of Delhi, Lahore, Peshawar and Hyderabad this month were gathering hundreds of determined young Moslems in brown uniforms, armed with spades. They were Khaksars, "the Humble as the Dust," meeting for "a certain religious observance." But India's Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow, has had some experience with Khaksar humility and Britain has had plenty with subject peoples who want to make hay while her sun is eclipsed. Last week the Marquess hastily ordered India's provincial Governments to declare the Khaksar movement illegal "wherever necessary...
...Marquess of Clydesdale, the Duke was Scotland's amateur middleweight boxing champion, an excellent skier, one of the first men to fly over Everest. His debut in politics was less successful. While standing for Parliament he discouraged his Conservative backers by giving the same speech at all election meetings, getting booed when he tried another...
...monocle-wearing 1st Marquess of Willingdon, super-dignified Governor General of Canada (1926-31) and Viceroy of India (1931-36), is just about the last Briton anyone would expect to organize a fashion show. But the Marquess recently returned from an exploratory trade mission in South America and it so happens that beauteous, tawny-toned Miss Rosemary Chance, who models clothes for swishy London photographers, is the Marquess' niece. Last week under his august sponsorship, and with the active cooperation of Their Majesties, Miss Chance and 17 other 100% British mannequins prepared to sail on a fashion tour...
Obedient Disobedience. The Viceroy of India, the Marquess of Linlithgow, had warned the Mahatma that civil disobedience and speeches against the war would not be tolerated. Crafty Gandhi ordered his people not to make such speeches. Then, week after week, one by one, his followers would ostensibly set out for some remote village to make a speech. Before each one left, Congress headquarters would call British officials and announce that in keeping with the Mahatma's orders they wished to report the forthcoming act of disobedience. As the disobedient one was about to leave he would be arrested...