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...which the curious little Isle of Man otters tourists is an annual automobile race. There one evening last May famed British Sportsman Kaye Don, in preparation for the race, was speeding around a corner at something like a mile a minute when his car scraped a Manxman's sedan, jumped a hedge, landed upside down 75 yd. away. Don's mechanic, Francis Taylor, was killed. When Kaye Don hobbled out of the hospital last week, he hobbled straight into an ancient courtroom where Manx Deemsters are sworn to uphold justice "as indifferently as the herring's backbone...
Ontario farmers have lately been saving their rottenest eggs, their ripest tomatoes for Conservative Premier George Henry. Campaigning spunkily in his sand-colored sedan he has braved ugly crowds throughout the province, often getting an egg in the neck or a tomato broadside-on and never running for cover. Obviously his Conservative Government, returned to power in 1929 and on the defensive all through Depression, was in a hopeless fix. The Liberals had not won Ontario for 29 years but they were going to win now with a young dirt farmer named Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn as their New Dealer...
...stairway. The blast killed both, scratched Mendieta's left hand and wounded a scattering of Cuban officialdom. Said President Mendieta: "It was a terrible surprise but just one of those things." Another of "those things" Spoke two days later from submachine guns in a red Pontiac sedan that suddenly rolled alongside a monster Havana parade of ABC men, women and children. The guns killed twelve, four of them women, wounded more than 60. The parade went on but stiff-jawed ABC men stepped out of line and went in pursuit. They shot and burned four...
...Another Miller hobby is radio; he has a dozen sets. He has designed marine engines for Gar AYood, contemplated making an airplane motor until he lost interest in flying three years ago because he thought it was too dangerous. He never rides in his racing cars, owns a small sedan which he drives with timid caution...
...Ford sedan drove up to the Gettysburg, Pa. railroad station, and out stepped Henry Ford to stretch his legs. Station hawker: "Like to buy a history of the Battle of Gettysburg? Only a quarter." Mr. Ford: "Well, I know a great deal about that battle, but I'll take one." He fumbled for a coin, smiled, added: "We'll have to wait for my secretary. I haven't any money...