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...Western visitor finds relief in leaving Belgrade. The Ori ent Express, which had come from Stamboul and Sofia, crawled across the snowy Voivodina plain. In my first-class wagon-lit compartment, the washbasin was dirty. There was neither soap nor towel. The bed pillows were grubby. The Serbian Pullman attendant grabbed my passport and exit permit and as good as told me that was all he had to do - from there on it was a mat ter of indifference to him whether I starved, sang or jumped out of the window. In fact, I munched salami between gross layers...
...head resident of Barnard College in New York wired the editors, "Will charge to your account 300 Pullman reservations for the Merchants Limited. . . . Have towel, soap, and water ready. Appreciating your sincere thoughts we remain 300 strong...
...ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria for one of the dinner meetings, but the 110 pieces would have made it necessary to limit dining attendance considerably. It was finally decided to have the Band play for just 15 minutes at the opening breakfast. They will travel to New York by pullman sleeper, leaving Boston Tuesday night...
Like an old 40 and 8 being transformed into a Pullman coach, Sever Hall is going Lamont. The grimy Greek statuary and the faded photos of French cathedrals are on their way out and the archaic benches will be removed in favor of a sleek, specially designed desk chair. By spring, Henry Hobson Richardson's building will sport an interior in soft pastel shades, humming with glareless fluorescent lights...
Died. Beauford Halbert Jester, 56, Texas' middle-of-the-road Democratic governor (since 1947); of coronary occlusion; in a Pullman berth while en route to Houston...