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Many a soldier on arrival in France "neglected" either to declare the jewels or to turn them in at the Consulate. French customs officers caught wind of the "smuggling," began a search. Seventy-six Loyalist officers and men were arrested, fined 18,000,000 francs and sentenced to jail terms ranging from one month to two years for evading customs laws. By last weekend the French Government was richer by some $397,000 worth of stones. It intended to apply the money thus raised to feeding the 380,000 Loyalist refugees it harbored. Last week 70,000 of the latter...
Last week, with Hungary under martial law and the Premier's racial bills facing probable defeat, Dr. Imredy was forced to admit that he had made an embarrassing and belated discovery. A deeper search into genealogical records had uncovered the unfortunate fact that his maternal great-grandfather had been born a Jew and that he himself was thus one-eighth Jewish. After some necessary promptings by old Nicholas Horthy, Regent of Hungary, Dr. Imredy resigned in a mood of self-immolation. Said he: "I held, and still hold, that legislation for the regulation of Jewish participation in the economic...
Quentin Roosevelt '41 of Oyster Hay, Long Island and Eliot House, is leaving today for New York, which he plans to leave on Wednesday, March 1, for Likiang, China, in search of rare Nashi funeral scrolls...
...entire Freshman class was pressed into service last night to search for the missing document, according to a spokesman for the Outing Club. He did not say what steps would be taken to legalize drinking if it could not be found...
...Freshmen Search for Permit...