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This polite exchange between two Cabinet members ended an impolite brawl between two potent departments of the Government. For the past three years the activities of John Edgar ("Speed") Hoover and his Federal Bureau of Investigation have put all other U. S. governmental investigating agencies in the shade. Virtually ignored by the U. S. public has been the Treasury's tried & true Secret Service, which tracks down counterfeiters, guards the person of the President. The Secret Service's jealousy knew no bounds when it was lately rumored that all U. S. spy divisions, including those...
...Please darken the leggin's in front of Pheidippides' stomach. From a distance this gives him the appearance of potgut. Don't you think him a shade pink for a warrior? And WHAT is that black face behind Miltiades? It is only because we are very enthusiastic that we would dare offer a suggestion. We see it from a distance as it will mostly be seen. It will be a fine mural. PLEASE get on P's potgut though...
...Boston and Manhattan and were approaching the Mill Neck, L. I. station about four miles from the Morgan estate at Glen Cove. Mr. Morgan was looking out the window when his train rolled to a halt. Gawpers rushed up to peer in at him. Mr. Morgan pulled down the shade...
Last week's job on the tower took a new turn; various parts of the dome were painted with different shades of blue. Now authorities, from some distant vantage point, may compare the fastness of each hue. Some day they'll find the shade, insists the Maintenance Department...
...tender vine-leaves, weave a shade...