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...also blinded in the War, has been golfing for eleven years. Most famed player lacking perfect vision is one-eyed Tommy Armour, another War victim, who won British and U. S. Open championships. A close match might be played between Dr Oxenham and Thomas Mc-Aulitfe, Buffalo, N. Y. newshawk who has no arms. He clinches his club between cheek and shoulder, scores in the high...
Samuel Seabury returned to Manhattan from a European vacation a few days ahead of Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley, who had quipped that he did not dare travel on free passes so long as the famed New York inquisitor of Tam many graft was also abroad. When a newshawk reminded Mr. Seabury that "General" Farley had visited James John ("Jimmy") Walker* whom the Seabury investigation had driven discredited from City Hall into exile. Inquisitor Seabury flared: "It was not an edifying sight to see the Postmaster General of the United States make a pilgrimage to meet Mr. Walker...
...Manhattan's luxurious Sherry-Xetherland Hotel fortnight ago attracted the attention of a smart New York Sun reporter. The silver radiator cap, big as a baby's head, was a replica of Ben Hur's chariot. Silver trimmings on the fenders and silver door handles led Newshawk Edmund De Long to peep into the car's interior. Upholstery was of soft green Morocco leather. "On the inside of the doors." De Long wrote in the Sun, "and across the partition separating the chauffeur's compartment is a gold and silver panoramic view of old Egypt...
...Manhattan after a European trip Russell Allen Firestone, second son of Tire Tycoon Harvey Firestone and member of Frank N. D. Buchman's First Century Christian Fellowship, was asked by a newshawk: "How can there be unselfishness in business under the capitalistic system?" Russell Allen Firestone replied: "Well, I feel that the real harm from capitalism, as it affects labor, has come from anonymous capital and not the widely-known capitalists. For example, men like my father, John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford believe in aiding those who work for them. They live for service and really are altruistic...
...Graaff staff member clambered up a ladder into the ball which was to serve as the positive terminal. Into the negative ball climbed another, followed by a spunky newshawk. Two more staff men went to shielded control boards at the foot of each column. Builder Van de Graaff barked instructions...