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...been illegally borrowed from 14 depositors in 1931 and 1932, said the Government. Harriman counsel maintained in court that the false entries by which these unauthorized borrowings were concealed had been "curious and stupid" mistakes committed by Mr. Harriman's underlings without his knowledge, "like a college prank played upon a teacher...
...neighboring village and was returned to Cambridge to the Lampoon building Friday morning. A picture of the Lampoon janitor leaning against the historic fence had been taken and had been used as the cover of the Yale game issue of the Lampoon. The editors of the Record tolerated the prank good-humoredly, but some of the others were not so inclined to view it that way, especially when Harvard won that year with the score...
...taking up his quarters among the freaks. It now costs 25? to see him. "I moved in to get away from job-hunters and favor-seekers," explained Mayor Bacharach. "I'm hoping the admission fee will keep them away." Many a citizen, though, guessed His Honor's prank was designed to get a little summer publicity for Atlantic City...
...everything that makes the fire engines clang is a fire. Sometimes it is a child's prank; sometimes it is a cat-a cat which, having climbed higher than it can bear, is meowing so piteously, so tediously, that the neighborhood sends for hook & ladder. Last week the Fire Department of White Plains, N. Y. revolted against cats, announced that in the future it would untree no cats whatsoever. Reasons: 1) too many firemen had been badly scratched; 2) apparatus off cat-chasing is not quickly available for fires...
...school principal and later Superintendent of Education. Son Harry was the best pupil in town. He won countless prizes, especially for oratory. Once he & friends removed the clapper from a Methodist Church bell and, baffled by the Presbyterian clapper, left it wrapped up in their clothes. But such a prank, except for indicating energy-voltage, was not typical of young Scholar-Orator Fosdick. who knew what he wanted to do and was well on the road to doing...