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...denizens of Manhattan's cloak and suit district turned out with rubber razzberries and flaunting banners, to welcome the General's famed grandson. Dr. Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl came steaming in on the Europa with the reputation of being Adolf Hitler's strapping, eagle-browed soul mate. "Down with Hitler and his beast Hanfstaengl!" screamed swarthy members of the crowd of 1,500. "Ship the Hitler agent back! Down with Hanfstaengl...
...Then he would travel with his Pullman chapel through New England. All this was to publicize, and raise money for, his missionary work in North Carolina. Many a Protestant minister travels about the land carrying the Gospel to rural districts by car and truck. But ST. PETER, and its mate ST. PAUL which is currently on show at the World's Fair in Chicago, are the only two chapel cars in all U. S. railroading. Descendant of ST. ANTHONY which was in use 25 years ago, ST. PETER was converted from an ordinary sleeper at a cost...
...that transport ten days, and every day of the ten I heard praise, admiration and respect expressed by the captain, the mate and the whole ship's crew for General MacArthur and his family. In their opinion the General was "a Prince," "a regular fellow," "the finest man who ever drew the breath of life," and Mrs. MacArthur was "a lovely woman." ''a good sport." "the real thing," and the children were "well-behaved youngsters." General MacArthur was not obliged to travel on that abominable boat. He could have taken leave and traveled home in comfort...
...White Plains, N. Y., deaf mute Joseph Donahue was miserable because his deafmute mate, Bertha, no longer loved him. When his affectionate fingers soothed, coaxed, enlaced in tender love words. Bertha's fingers only snapped, coiled, contorted scornfully. In time, Joseph became suspicious, enlisted deafmute friends to trail Bertha, sued for divorce. In court, after the fingers of his friends curled, twirled, twisted out their discovery of Bertha's adultery with an electrical engineer, she could only wring, writhe, entwine her own fluttering hands in full confession...
...learn the duties of an officer of a ship. The itinerary calls for stops at Miami and Jacksonville, where liberty will be given and where the units present will have a boat race. During the first part of the cruise the students will be trained by Chief Gunner's Mate Stevens and Lieutenant Wellings of the Harvard Unit, and by the Manley's officers under her captain Commander Gillette for the big event of the cruise, the battle practice fired in competition with the other ships...