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Pierrot's latest escape, made in the company of his faithful lieutenant René Mâle (known as René l'Américain) and a third man, was accomplished by the rather humdrum device of enticing a guard near enough to steal his gun, and marching with it out to the street...
Franklin D. Roosevelt's idea of the 23 most influential people in the U.S. was reported by René de Chambrun, who published in This Week a list the President had jotted down for him in 1940. Next-door neighbors on the list: Robert Taft and Henry Wallace. Among the missing: Harry Truman. Final name on the list: Mrs. F.D.R...
Yell Leaders. Both the "papers of opinion" and the "papers of information" make the most of that freedom. "We are Latins," boasts stocky René Naegelen, publisher of Le Populaire. "Our press, on aime que fa gueule-we like it to yell!" The press makes no secret of its prejudices; the slogans of political parties and factions are emblazoned on mastheads. "To be informed," said an American newsman in Paris, "the Parisian must read at least five or six dailies. He must be more sophisticated and analytical than American readers. But after stripping opinions from the facts, he not only...
...Société has been more direct. It sent out a cry of distress to shrewd, dapper René de Léon, who headed the company for 14 successful years (1922-36), is now a Hollywood hotelman (The Garden of Allah). Said he: "They asked me if I could find people here who would want to put money in to buy shares. They hoped I would return at the head of a wagonload of American gold. [The manager] came to me and said, 'Tiens! My friend, give me the best juice of your brains...
...René de Léon decided to stay in Hollywood. The best juice of his brains told him that Europe's plight and the union setup made the Casino a poor investment...