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Died. Rags, 20, famed moppy-white mongrel mascot of the A.E.F.'s First Division; of old age; in Washington, D. C. Picked up in a Montmartre alley in 1918, Rags served five months in frontline trenches, carried messages to the rear, was gassed and wounded in action...
Genealogy counts for little on Broadway, but nobody in show business can point to humbler origins than George Alviel White. He says he has been on his own since he was 5. Successively a stable boy, jockey, shoe-shiner, military mascot, newsboy, bellhop, he was delivering telegrams for Postal when some extempore dance steps in a Bowery saloon earned him $12. At that point he quit the telegraph company's employ but retained its uniform, dancing in it for throw money in saloons. On one occasion Clarence Mackay's future son-in-law, a waiter named Israel Baline...
...dummy board, offended attending chess experts who thought Alekhine's daring an open slight on the Dutchman's talents. Disconcerted by their caustic mumblings. Dr. Alekhine won a three-day respite from the Dutch doctor. When he returned to play, neither his rest nor his mascot cat, which sniffed the board before each game, could stave off Dr. Euwe's determined efforts. In the 25th game, Alekhine sacrificed two pawns in the opening, hoped to snare his opponent's queen. Watchful Dr. Euwe withdrew the piece from danger, forced Alekhine to resign, went into the lead...
...Frenchman, Collector Charbneau was born in Mount Clemens 51 years ago, spent his childhood peddling his father's vegetables and acting as bellboy in a local hotel. The autumn of 1898 found him mascot of the Baltimore ball team during the World Series of the 'go's against Boston. Two years later he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, thus made his way to the Paris exposition of 1900. Pride of that exposition was the tallest thing in the world, M. Eiffel's tower. Jules Charbneau's taste ran in the opposite direction. He bought...
...Herald Building only appear now at "alumni" dinners. But across the continent last week the hoary symbol of another great newspaper settled down on its third perch atop a brand new building. For the great bronze eagle of the 54-year-old Los Angeles Times is the mascot of a publishing property still very much alive...