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Last week's milestone was not erected until after the House had shouted itself hoarse in debate. Within six hours, 40 members in turn bounced up to shout, roar, sob, rant, plead or threaten, for & against. In a decade and one-half Prohibition had been argued threadbare. There was nothing new or sensational left to say. Only stunt: appearance before the House of New York's Sirovich, a physician, with 18 bottles of beer, a pint of Scotch whiskey, a quart of milk and a declaration that the 18 bottles of beer contained the same amount of alcohol...
...flame. The first covey of covers was flushed on the Boulevard St. Denis. Soon they were popping on St. Lawrence Boulevard, Jean Talon, St. André and De Fleurimont Streets. Mile away, an isolated gas station at the corner of Cremazie & St. Lawrence Boulevards blew up with a roar. A precise ambulance interne noted that the manager when picked up had been blown just 35 ft. Two miles further out the manholes of Guin Boulevard rocketed in succession...
...massed in the parks of the Midway, along sidewalk and gutter, all facing toward the University of Chicago's Gothic chapel, as the sound of bells from no direction that one could fix filled and emptied the air, now eerily fading, now resurging like a seashell's roar, brassily clanging, diminishing, mellowing into silver chimes. It was the University of Chicago's first carillon concert. In the 200-ft. tower of the chapel, Carilloneur Kamiel Lefévere, humped on his bench, was striking with clenched fists the keys of a huge 72-note instrument, the second...
...chauffeur, knowing that Herr Hitler only wanted to ride to the Kaiserhof Hotel 200 yards away, threatened the crowd by racing his engine in neutral, produced an impressive 180 h. p. roar. Gingerly, while police struggled with the cheering crowd, the chauffeur let his clutch part way in. pressed the Mercedes' muzzle against the good-humored crowd which very gradually gave way. The car managed to cover the 200 yards in 15 minutes...
...WRAP HER UP AND TAKE HER HOME." His was the direction, but about-townish writers like Margaret Fishback turned out the copy. A Macy-Collins-Fishback advt. of last week: a naked "brand-new baby, hot off the griddle," yowling lustily for "hand-knit woolies." Caption: "NATURE IN THE ROAR...