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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Into the Free City of Danzig steamed a train and off got the League of Nations High Commissioner for Danzig, His Excellency Seán Lester, greeted only by Mrs. Lester and their dog. The dog leaped up and frisked about while Danzig Nazis stolidly stared at Seán Lester with hate in their blue eyes. Patting his dog on the head, the High Commissioner cracked in German at the Nazis, "Thank you, Meine Herren. Thank you for this warm welcome...
...despair the League's Seán Lester penned a report saying that Nose-Thumber Greiser's Senate had refused even to answer questions by the High Commissioner as to what was supposed to be the constitutional basis for their arbitrary Nazi decrees. Unanswered Mr. Lester then took his wife and dog fishing...
Last week at Farmingdale, N. Y., Buell Patrick Abbott won the public links championship of the U. S., 4 & 3, against a Washington, D. C. haberdasher named Claude Rippy. Now such a famed golfer that caddies asked for his autograph, he revealed his plans: to return to Hollywood, resume work as an extra...
...Trenton, N. J. last January one Joe Duggan, 14-year-old furnace tender, had the effrontery to call Jean Harlow in Hollywood on a telephone belonging to his employer, Charles Gerofsky. He spoke to her secretary, left a message which later caused Miss Harlow to call surprised Mr. Gerofsky. Last week the New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. arrived at a satisfactory settlement of its suit to make disgusted Mr. Gerofsky pay $20.35 for the long-distance call. Said Furnace Boy Duggan: "Gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Gerofsky. It was just an idea I had and I guess it wasn...
...circulation, principal cause of cold feet, may be produced by spinal lesions which weaken the nerve and blood supply to the feet, or it may be caused locally by direct pressure upon nerves and blood vessels from badly designed or ill-fitting shoes."-Osteopath Philip Spence of White Plains, N...