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...leaders demanded: 1) immediate payment of the full 1945 value of each certificate, less only the amount the holder had borrowed on it; 2) a refund of interest paid on such borrowings or cancellation of interest accrued and unpaid. As their new and crowning stroke, the Bonuseers proposed to pile unearned interest on unearned interest by directing that any veteran who had not chosen to cash in his certificate for its 1945 value by April 6, 1937 should receive 3% interest on that value each year he kept his certificate until...
...amusing incident in connection with the discovery of the records was the finding of a cigar among the pile of papers. Close by was a note bearing the inscription, "This was the last cigar which Edwin Booth ever held in his mouth." The teeth marks were still apparent, for, though forbidden by his doctors to smoke, the dying actor was not to be denied the pleasure of keeping the cigar in his mouth...
...front of the freight train, sprint that block, snatch a kiss and then catch the rear end of the train. Used to do it all the time but I had to move fast. I met Sarah at a train wreck. I crawled out from underneath a pile of tank cars and saw her when she walked down to look at the wreck...
...three other United employes went along for a "pleasure ride." Twenty-five minutes later witnesses heard the motor falter overhead, saw a great fountain of flame in the darkness as the monoplane lunged into a knoll. By the time they reached the wreckage, little was left but a smoldering pile of twisted metal and four bodies burned almost beyond identification...
...TIME, Sept. 30), the New York Herald Tribune sent a newshawk to listen to Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden, publisher of Liberty, True Story, Physical Culture. Trying to look like the vibrant male who had himself photographed in "classical poses" in the 1890's, Publisher Macfadden fingered a little pile of tooth picks on his desk. "I always say," he glowed, "that I'm 67 years old and 25 years young. ... I only eat when I'm hungry : sometimes one, sometimes two meals a day. ... I can solve any problem when I fast...