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Early last year the West German firm of Peter Meyns bought sodium bichromate and potassium bichromate (used in tanning leather) and paraffin wax from the U.S., had the chemicals shipped to West Germany. The Glasgow firm of Arbuckle, Smith & Co., a topnotch forwarding outfit which ships most of the Scotch whisky to the U.S., then stepped in and bought the consignment. Shortly afterward, the U.S. Commerce Dept. charged that Arbuckle, Smith had shipped the chemicals to Red China, where they would bring $100,000, or almost double their U.S. price. The Bureau of Foreign Commerce asked Arbuckle, Smith...
...heroine of In a Farther Country is a New York-exiled New Mexican named Marietta McGee-Chavéz. She is Scotch-Irish-Spanish, dreams interminably about the Old World but lives on gloomy West 23rd Street with a shopkeeper named MacDougal. Author Goyen's point is that great emotional disunity results when so many different elements are present, e.g., how can a woman dream about "birds and bells in a romantic musical city" when a guy with a name like MacDougal is trying to climb into bed with her? How can she capture the ravishing spells...
Father's Coat. First stop on their itinerary was London. The mayor, in a natty, brown-checked suit and a vivid yellow-striped tie, was unabashed to find his British welcomers all dressed up in formal attire. Downing a quick Scotch-on-the-rocks at London Airport, he gazed at the dense horizon of top hats and sighed. "I guess I'll have to buy one," he said. "I haven't worn a topper since last St. Patrick's Day parade." At a luncheon a few days later, Wagner was properly turned out in formal dress...
...about five o'clock Miss Helen Keller and her secretary appeared. They welcomed me to their home with southern hospitality. Miss Helen Keller was born and lived a number of years in Alabama. Miss Thompson revealed her Scotch origin in her speech every now and then, nor did she need to conceal...
Panama will obviously have to consider the offer at greater length. But after Scotch-on-the-rocks in Dixie cups and a picnic lunch on paper plates, Panama's Foreign Minister borrowed a typewriter and batted out a statement to the effect that the invitation sounded fine...