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...Brooklyn, Patrolman Thomas Erwin strolled down Fifth Avenue at midnight, saw two men shin up an elevated pillar, climb to the roof of a delicatessen store. Following, Sleuth Erwin found the two removing panes of glass from the roof's skylight, arrested one, missed the other. In court, Climber Luciani Perlizzi, 21, explained that he had a girl, that she was bringing a "blind date" (unknown girl) for his companion, that his companion insisted on seeing her first...
...cinemas next to bad colds and underneath sneezes. I left warm rooms to go to the pillar box and post letters without a coat. Exactly where I caught it, of course I can't tell. ... I crawled home...
Farm-born Colonel Deeds quit N. C. R. with his good friend Charles Franklin Kettering to develop the Delco ignition system for automobiles. In 1916 they sold out to General Motors for several millions and Mr. Kettering followed to become a pillar of G. M. Colonel Deeds became interested in aviation during the War. took charge of Government airplane production. He is largely credited with perfecting the Liberty motor. After the War he followed both electric machinery and aviation into Niles-Bement-Pond and Pratt & Whitney. As a director of National City Bank he stepped into the presidency of National...
Word of these activities was quickly carried to Sheriff Percy Lainson who lets no one forget that he served as a captain overseas with the Rainbow Division. This 225-lb. pillar of the law loudly announced: "We're going to stop this picketing if we have to use 5,000 deputies to do it. Probably not over 100 Pottawattamie County farmers are involved in this affair. The others are hoodlums. Many are from Sioux City, the toughest town in Iowa...
...Richmond, Va., Judge Julien Gunn has since April 13 refused to move into his new City Hall quarters. Reason: Judge Julien Gunn objects to the presence of one round pillar and one square pillar in his courtroom...